The efficacy and consumption of Maca powder

Pregnant women cannot eat maca, mainly because maca can enhance the body's sexual function and increase sexual desire. You cannot have sexual intercourse during pregnancy. For the sake of the fetus, pregnant women are prohibited from taking maca. Babies should not eat maca either, as it may cause precocious puberty in babies and affect their healthy development. Breastfeeding mothers should not eat maca because maca can be absorbed by the fetus through breast milk and affect the health of the fetus.

Many people buy maca, and many friends buy maca for tonic. But most people don’t know how to take maca. There is a famous saying in traditional Chinese medicine: "When used properly, rhubarb is a tonic, but when used improperly, ginseng is a poison." If you only use one tonic, it will often disrupt the balance of qi, blood, yin and yang. When taking maca, you must not fall into the following four misunderstandings:

1. Do not allow minors to consume. If minors consume maca too early, it will lead to excessive hormone secretion, excessive secretion of sex hormones, precocious puberty, and premature cessation of bone growth. In the indigenous tribes of the South American jungles, there is a rule that teenagers under the age of 16 are not allowed to consume maca.

2. Do not eat too much. The sterols and saponins in maca are precursors of various hormones and can stimulate hormone synthesis in the body. However, excessive consumption will lead to excessive hormone synthesis in the short term, which will cause excessive sexual desire and damage the kidneys. Soldiers of the ancient Inca Empire in South America consumed large amounts of maca before battle to increase hormone secretion and boost their combat effectiveness. However, once a city was captured, soldiers were prohibited from consuming maca to prevent sexual excitement from harming women.

3. It should not be consumed alone. The most important thing about dietary supplements is to pay attention to the combination. The combination of main and auxiliary ingredients can enhance the efficacy of the main ingredient, which is what Chinese medicine calls the monarch, minister, assistant and envoy. Especially as modern people have diversified lifestyles, the flow of vital energy in the body often changes. It is not enough to rely solely on a single prescription for conditioning. It is necessary to diversify the ingredients and coordinate their effects to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

4. Do not eat at inappropriate times. Many people are accustomed to taking maca as soon as they wake up in the morning, but this habit is actually not scientific. People are in a hungry state when they sleep. In order to conserve energy, the glands rarely secrete hormones in the morning. Therefore, maca taken in the morning is not easily absorbed. The best time to take maca is after lunch or dinner, especially at 9 pm when the human body's hormone secretion is most active. Therefore, after dinner is the best time to take maca.

The right way to eat

How to drink maca powder soaked in water: put the purchased Inca Maca in a cup. Because maca sheets are processed by machines and exposed to the air for a long time, there may be dust or other impurities. You can add a little boiling water (the water can cover the maca sheets), and then add boiling water to brew, about 10g each time, and it can be brewed 3-4 times. Finally, the maca sheets can be eaten directly after running, without wasting any nutrients! Tip: The smell of maca tablets after soaking in water is a bit pungent, but tastes good. If you don't like this taste, you can add a little sugar or other ingredients.

How to drink maca powder soaked in wine; the traditional Chinese culture of soaking wine has a history of thousands of years. Soaking precious Chinese herbs in strong wine has a very good effect. The same goes for maca pieces. You can use 60° sorghum wine, the ratio is about 150, you can also add wolfberry and ginseng, and then seal it. Stir it once every 10 days or so, and store it for about 40 days before drinking. The wine will be more mellow and more nutritious! This method is pretty good.