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Maca has been called nature's gift to the bedroom - energy and sexual function rolled into one delicious root - you will feel an immediate effect. Maca is a legendary aphrodisiac, impotence remedy and nutrative food-tonic.

Our Maca makes a delicious, full-bodied tea. It comes in a loose powder form, and has always been used as a substitute for flour – great in cookie and brownie recipes. It's also delicious as an additive in milk shakes and fruit smoothies. Naturally, it can also be encapsulated.

The outstanding benefits include increased energy, enhanced stamina, mental clarity, increased athletic endurance and hormonal balancing. It helps with male and female impotence difficulties, erectile dysfunction, menopause, perimenopause and menstrual symptoms, and it exhibits powerful aphrodisiacal effects.

The fertility powers of maca are prized by couples in the Peruvian highlands, where this high-altitude root crop has been used for these purposes for more than 3,000 years. Men and women who fail to conceive a child eat maca on a regular basis until conception occurs.

The sweet root contains substantial amounts of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, vitamin B1, B2, B12, C, E, riboflavin, thiamin and ascorbic acid.

In 1961, Dr. Gloria Chacon de Popovici, a biologist in Lima, Peru, published her studies when her research scientifically demonstrated the increased fertility in animals using maca. A chemical analysis shows the presence of biologically active aromatics which have unique aphrodisiac properties. Analysis of maca properties indicates that the effects on fertility are a direct result of glucosinolates found in maca. Dr. Chacon discovered the four alkaloids present in maca that are responsible for maca's reputed positive effect on hormonal balancing issues such as hot flashes, memory problems, fatigue, mood swings and male impotence.

Women with menstrual irregularities have experienced greater consistency, while women with hot flashes, mood swings and most associated perimenopause and menopause symptoms have diminished dramatically.

Men have had substantial improvement with impotence, fatigue, erection stamina and an over all improved general life out look. It's richness in sterols makes it an alternative for anabolic steroids for body builders.

Maca is, incredibly, the world's highest altitude food crop. Maca has an exceptionally high food value, the highest of any crop grown by the native Andeans. Its nutritive value resembles that of other cereal grains such as maize, rice and wheat. It has 59% carbohydrates, 10.2% protein, 8.5% fiber and 2.2% lipids.

It contains at least five times more protein, four times more fiber and less fat than a potato. It contains two of the three (Linoleic and Oleic) essential fatty acids, 18 amino acids, including seven of the nine essential amino acids.

It has a variety of vitamins and minerals, and per U.S. Percentage of Daily Value, is high in copper, (100 percent), iron (23%) and calcium (18%). It is low calorie, low cholesterol, low sodium, low fat and high in protein.

Gary F. Gordon, M.D., former president of the American College for the Advancement of Medicine, now Founder and President of the International College of Advanced Longevity Medicine, located in Chicago, Illinois, bases his appreciation of maca on his own experience of it and states that maca improves the quality of life in the area of sexuality.

Henry Camponile, M.D., of St. Petersburg, Florida states that his first menopausal patient 'started to feel better four days after she began taking Maca', and finds that it promotes energy unlike any other herb he has used.

Dr. Richard Brown, M.D. author of STOP DEPRESSION NOW, says that Maca holds great promise for the health and well being of men and women.

Dr.Mark Smith , M.D. has said 'I have noticed a significant level of more balanced energy, stamina & endurance markedly during cardio vascular workouts using maca'.

Since maca is not replacing hormones it is fine to start using the herb at any time and to stop without any danger to the body. It is advisable not to use it continuously but to alternate periods of taking the herb with periods of rest from the herb to maximize the body's response to MACA. For example, stay on 90 - 120 days and off 30 days might be a good rest period for the body.

Maca provides the ingredients to support menopausal health. The herb works through the hypothalamus and pituitary to help insure balanced and healthy hormone levels in the body. Many men and women notice the difference within a week! Maca helps promote sexual functioning, insures vaginal lubrication, and, in general, brings about all the benefits of healthy, balanced hormone levels.