maca root

The nutritional value of dried maca root is high, similar to cereal grains such as rice and wheat.

Maca root was prized by the Incas, who restricted its use to their royal court and warriors.

In Peru there has long been a natural alternative to viagra - the Peruvian Maca root.

There are plenty of affordable brands on the market including the best-selling Maca Root range by The Body Shop.

Today, dried Maca roots are ground to powder and sold in drug stores in capsules as a medicine and food supplement to increase stamina and fertility.

However, darker-colored maca roots (red, purple, black) contain significant amounts of natural iodine, a 10-gram serving of dried maca generally containing 52 ug of iodine.

Darker-colored maca roots (red, purple, black) contain significant amounts of natural iodine that may avoid the growth of goiters resulting from consumption of the lighter-colored maca.

Dr Gloria Chacon, a Peruvian biologist trained in Lima, Peru is responsible for most of the current research on the MACA root.

Maca Root contains significant amounts of amino acids, complex carbohydrates, Vitamins B1, B2, C, E and minerals including calcium, phosphorous, zinc, magnesium and iron.

Dr Malaspina has been using the maca root in his practice for a decade and makes the following observation: "There are different medicinal plants that work on the ovaries stimulating them.

Maca Gold is 100% pure maca root powder and is available in capsules and in powder form which is sold as an aseptic powder (no mould, bacteria, weeds).

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Raw, organic, cold-pressed juice (often made with ingredients like kale, cucumber, ginger, beets, cayenne pepper, maca root and kohlrabi) has become a trend lately, as we explore in this week's Dining section.

"Approximately half of the maca root is carbohydrate - an essential energy source that is naturally balanced by proteins that aid in the repair, growth and preservation of our muscle tissues," the article noted.

Medical doctors say that maca root works in a fundamentally different way than viagra by promoting optimal functioning of the hypothalamus and the pituitary, thereby improving the functioning of all the endocrine glands.

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As one of the short videos and accompanying articles explains, the maca root, which is grown in the highlands of Peru, is considered by some to help with a variety of health conditions including stomach cancer, tuberculosis, leukemia, depression and erectile dysfunction.

The review in the Time Out magazine for London in October 2012 enjoyed the suckling pig with rough corn mash, but thought that the dulce de leche ice-cream had too many accompaniments, such as a beetroot emulsion and pieces of maca root.

She uses maca root powder instead of flour in sauces, soups and stews, and she sprinkles ground hemp seeds and dried seaweed chiffonade over salads and vegetable dishes (her latest favorite is roasted Brussels sprouts with cold-pressed olive oil, lemon zest and hemp seeds).

They're add-ons that bump up the nutrient value of her repertoire, including goji berries, cacao, maca root and hemp seed, bee products and aloe vera, spirulina and other "super blue-green algae," sea vegetables and fermented foods like kimchi, burdock root, dandelion root and stinging nettles.

The dulce de leche (a sort of milky caramel jam) with maca root crumble and beetroot fell into the category weird but delicious.