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Dear Doctor, Tell Me More about Maca Root Powder |
| Q:
How do I take the Maca Root Powder? |
A:
The Maca Root Powder can be taken in
any of several different ways:
1)
As a powder on or under the tongue
followed by a beverage (preferably
one without a lot of sugar as the sugar
binds to the Maca and makes it difficult
to swallow)
2) Mixed in a smoothie
3) Baked or cooked with - in Peru the
people cook with it. So, it can be
substituted for flour in any recipe
that calls for flour...... Maca cookies
are really tasty.
4) Sprinkled on food. Maca can be sprinkled
over any already prepared food.
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| Q: Recently,
I have read several recommendations to cycle
on and off maca. In fact, ***********, says
that it's easy for a man to overdo it by
taking too much maca for too long and actually
suffer a reverse in libido.
Do you know of any reason why a man OR woman would need to cycle on and off maca?
If so, is there a recommended schedule you suggest for this? |
A: Maca is a food
not a hormone. Normally, people are
recommended to "cycle" hormones
not foods. Having to cycle maca as
one would do an anabolic steroid (or
HRT) would come as news to the Peruvian
Indians who eat the stuff daily at
varying amounts (mostly high) since
childhood. You can certainly cycle
on and off, but honestly after being
on maca for 3 years solid at fairly
high intakes, I don't see what the
fuss is about... maca is a food.
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| Q: Which Maca Powder
are you going to carry regularly? The really
dark blend I got last time or the lighter
blend I received the first time I ordered
from you? |
A:
Updated answer: 12/13/2007. When Dr.
Wong first started selling the Maca
Root Powder he was carrying the species
Lepidium Meyenii. This was a good
maca, however, there was no consistency
lot for lot because the importer used
several different maca farmers. So,
we never knew what each shipment was
going to be like. Since then Dr. Wong
has done some extensive research and
started carrying the species: Lepidium
Peruvianum Chacon. This species of
Maca Root Powder is consistent lot
for lot - it will have the same texture,
color, and taste consistently time
after time because it is grown and
process by the same farmers and methods.
And because it is of the Lepidium Peruvianum
Chacon species, it is guaranteed to
be grown at the proper altitudes to
ensure all the beneficial properties
originally attributed to the plant
from Dr. Gloria Chacon's extensive
research.
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| Q:
I've bought Maca Powder from you before
and it looked different. The taste is about
the same though. Is there a difference? |
A:
Updated answer: 12/13/2007. When Dr.
Wong first started selling the Maca
Root Powder he was carrying the species
Lepidium Meyenii. This was a good maca,
however, there was no consistency lot
for lot because the importer used several
different maca farmers. So, we never
knew what each shipment was going to
be like. Since then Dr. Wong has done
some extensive research and started
carrying the species: Lepidium Peruvianum
Chacon. This species of Maca Root Powder
is consistent lot for lot - it will
have the same texture, color, and taste
consistently time after time because
it is grown and process by the same
farmers and methods. And because it
is of the Lepidium Peruvianum Chacon
species, it is guaranteed to be grown
at the proper altitudes to ensure all
the beneficial properties originally
attributed to the plant from Dr. Gloria
Chacon's extensive research.
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| Q:
I've seen Maca Root Powder in a capsule,
can I take this instead of the powder? |
A:
That would be a personal preference.
The reason we sell the Maca Root Powder
in bulk powder form is because it would
take the equivalent of 5 or more capsules
to equal one teaspoon. So, since Dr.
Wong advises 4-6 teaspoons daily that
would be about 20 - 30 capsules. Also,
please remember that if you do decide
to go this route make sure you check
the ingredients. You would want a product
that contains the whole root and not
extracts as this product needs to be
whole for the synergistic effects.
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