Description
Organic Maca Powder is a root vegetable. Maca has been growing in the Peruvian Andes for over 2600 years. It is known as the aphrodisiac of the Andes, and the Incan Empire distributed maca to its warriors before battle. These days, maca still only grows in the Peruvian Andes at 3000-4300 meters above sea level, making it the highest altitude crop in the world.
It is a whole food that contains 18 Amino Acids and Fatty Acids, Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Sulpher, Sodium, Iron and traces elements of Zinc, Iodine, Copper, Selenium and Silicon. As well as unique alkaloids macaina, macaenes and macamides (found nowhere else in the botanical kingdom), 59% carbohydrate, 8.5% fibre and slightly more than 10% protein.
Maca may assist in regulating mood (after approximately 3 months of minimum dosage, needs to be taken long term), reducing the severity of menopausal symptoms (after approximately 3 months of minimum dosage, needs to be taken long term) and adapting to stressors in a healthy manner.
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Certified Organic: ACO
Country of Origin: Peru
