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Maca Root Powder

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About Maca Root Powder

Maca is a root vegetable grown in the high Andes of Peru for over 3,000 years.  It is a relative of the radish and may also be known as Peruvian Ginseng.  It was used by the Incas for medicinal purposes – in particular for energy, mental clarity, and enhanced sex drive.

Nutrition Benefits of Maca

Maca is considered a superfood and may support energy, mental clarity, enhanced sex drive, improved semen quality, reduce enlarged prostates, relieve the symptoms of menopause, immune system support, depression, fatigue, and hormone balancing in general.

Nutrition Facts
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Maca Root Powder scores well for 12 health goals

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Infertility

Recipe Score:94

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Menopause

Recipe Score:94

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Brain

Recipe Score:90

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Depression

Recipe Score:90

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Memory

Recipe Score:90

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Prostate

Recipe Score:90

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Women's Health Issues

Recipe Score:88

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Recipe Score:86

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Immune System

Recipe Score:84

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Inflammation

Recipe Score:84

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Cancer

Recipe Score:82

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Candida (Fungal Infections)

Recipe Score:82

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The Research

Infertility

Infertility: Score 94

Summary:

Human: Maca improvs semen parameters in adult men. Animal: Maca improves fertility. It reduces pesticide induced sperm damage.

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Menopause

Menopause: Score 94

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Human: Maca has a beneficial effect on psychological symptoms and sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women.

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Brain

Brain: Score 90

Summary:

Maca may alleviate SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction and improve libido in a human study. It improves experimental memory impairment induced by ovariectomy in an animal study. Maca is found in Ancient Chocolate, Ancient Delight and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes.

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Depression

Depression: Score 90

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Animal: Maca improves learning and attenuates depression.

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Memory

Memory: Score 90

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Animal: Maca improves experimental memory impairment induced by ovariectomy.

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Prostate

Prostate: Score 90

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Animal: Maca reduces prostatic hyperplasia. It reduces testosterone induced prostatic hyperplasia.

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Women's Health Issues

Women's Health Issues: Score 88

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Animal: Maca improves fertility. It protects against estrogen deficient bone loss in an animal model of ovariectomy induced osteoporosis.

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes (Type 2): Score 86

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Animal: It has a beneficial effect on antioxidant status, lipid and glucose metabolism in rats.

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Immune System

Immune System: Score 84

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In Vitro: contains antimicrobial agents with antifungal and antibacterial activity. Maca is found in Ancient Chocolate, Ancient Delight and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes.

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Inflammation

Inflammation: Score 84

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In Vitro: It has anti-inflammatory activity.

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Cancer

Cancer: Score 82

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In Vitro: Maca increases drug sensitivity in multidrug resistance cancer cells.

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Candida (Fungal Infections)

Candida (Fungal Infections): Score 82

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In Vitro: It contains antimicrobial agents

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How Our Scoring System Works

For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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What we consider when creating your scores:

  • 1Type of Study (human, animal, lab, or academic review)
  • 2Amount of Research
  • 3What the Research Says
  • 4How much of the ingredient we use (for the recipes)
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