Organic Maca Powder

Peru Shop Express presents the Organic Maca Powder:

Maca is a plant that is native to the Andes mountains because it only grows at high altitudes, which is roughly 2000-4000 feet in elevation. This is a perfect habitat for maca growing.

A close relative of the radish plant, but on the contrary, maca has a delicious flavor, almost like butterscotch.

Super Vegetable

This healing root comes in many colors and varieties. All maca roots possess different medicinal properties. Maca is loaded with nutrients such as magnesium, calcium, copper, potassium, zinc, vitamin C, B-1, B-2,  and vitamin E. Along with these nutrients, maca has a broad range of amino acids, especially 8 essential amino acids, omega 3 and omega 6 fats.

What makes maca root particularity special as far as nutrition goes is the following. Maca root is also known as the “Peruvian ginseng,” and for a very good reason. The locals high up in the mountains of Peru consume this plant as medicine to prevent cardiovascular disease and anemia.

Maca improves fertility, sexual endurance and libido in men and women. It’s also used to regulate hormones.  This root vegetable is loaded with amino acids and phyto-nutrients.

How to eat it: add maca powder to cooked oats, yogurt, smoothies or bake with it. Many replace coffee with maca powder as their morning pick me up.

Maca has long been used by the Peruvian locals as a healing medicinal food. Maca increases the energy and stamina, boosts libido and improves the immune, endocrine and adrenal systems.

In a 2008 study, medical researchers discovered that maca root eliminates anxiety and depression in menopausal women. And in another earlier study conducted in 2006, medical researchers discovered that maca root shows clear antidepressant benefits in people who consumed it as part of their regular diet.

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