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Maca
Maca has been used by Peruvians for countless centuries,
from before the time of the Incas. Seldom does an herb used by
native people for thousands of years come to our attention and
it seems so important to health that we wonder how we ever got
along without it before.
It is a root-like vegetable shaped like
a radish that grows high in the Andes mountains. The natives
use it as both a food and medicine.
Maca has found its way to the USA where many thousands of
women are using it because of its unique ability to improve
libido and stop hot flashes, night sweats and fatigue.
It is also used for osteoporosis and mending bone fractures
in the elderly.
Maca has a lot of easily absorbable calcium in it, plus
magnesium, and a fair amount of silica, which is useful in
treating decalcification of bones in children and adults.
Maca is not a medicine. It is a food supplement that works
as an adaptogen; it improves the adaptation ability of the
body. It supplements the specific needs of the body according
to age and sex of the person taking Maca. You could say that
Maca fills the empty shelves in our bodies. Contd...
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