Alot of people take it for CFS, and Fibromyalgia. I read some testimonials, although you can’t believe everything you read, these sounded pretty genuine. I’ve been searching the net for information as i’ve had such good results, and i read because of its high nutrients it is good for making neurotransmitters. I love the fact it encourages the body to make its own hormones, and nourishes the entire endocrine system, so you don’t have that guessing game, and worry of taking too much of a particular hormone. I think i’m also noticing a difference in my hot flashes, which is why i decided to take it again. I think i was put off originally by negative comments about it, but they give it to 3 year old girls in peru to ensure healthy reproductive organs, and they don’t get menopausal symptoms, or so i’ve been told. It is a food, so better than taking neurotransmitters, especially for those that self prescribe and don’t know what they are doing.

I’m also post menopausal, but in the last few weeks my hot flushes have returned. I’ve not been eating particular well recently, comfort eating, but only ten pounds overweight. I’m sure unhealthy eating does have an impact on hormone balance, so i wondered if my hormones were out whack.

Anyway decided to try the maca again, as got reminded it can help hot flushes. Yesterday and today i’ve got nearly normal temps by mid afternoon. I have been taking them less than a week. One 800mg organic maca. Today i took 2, because i felt it wasn’t going to reach normal, as still quite low lunchtime, but it got there. It does have iodine in it apparently, so if you do have hashis it might not be suitable. I was still taking one dose of armour first thing, but even with second dose it never used to get normal, hardly ever anyway.

If this carries on i will gradually start to reduce my morning dose, and i might still have to increase the maca. It builds up, so it is recommended to take time off from it, 3 months on, 1 month off.

Anyway thought i’d share my experience with it.

I’ve only read this article, about masking the taste of Maca and I found a way that works great, at least for smoothies… use frozen bananas! It completely masks the taste! Yay! I personally never did get used to the taste, but love the benefits, and this has made Maca completely wonderful for me!

Enjoy,
Rawkin’

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Here is what I found to work the best.

- Add it to almond butter with a touch of honey.

- Add it to hemp seed milk (hemp seed milk has an earthy nutty flavor that it works very well with).

- Add it to any nut or seed milk (maple syrup complements maca and works very well as a sweetener).

- Add it to Smoothies (the flavor will not be masked unless you use chocolate)

My personal favorite – acai berry juice, green and blacks chocolate powder, coconut milk, frozen blueberries, banana, honey to taste and maca.

Secondary one – make yogi morroccan spiced tea with coconut milk or coconut water as base, frozen peaches, banana, honey to taste and maca. Use two tea bags if needed to increas the flavor.

- Works very, very, well with chocolate

- It can be used in cereal, in milk, in smoothies, etc…..however, the taste will be present . I personally have come to love the taste. I have to admit though that at first I thought it tasted like feet and doing the above was the only way I would consume it.

I have been using Maca for over a year and love it. I intentionally took Maca out of the diet for about three months to gauge its affects.

Here is what I noticed. I take about 2 tsp a day.

- Excellent, excellent, excellent for workout recovery (I workout heavy in the gym and it is the first thing I consume in a smoothie after my workout. I sorely missed it when I removed it from the diet).

- Increased sex drive (try it with with raw cacao!)

- Increased immunity (I work 12 hours a day and also workout heavy. I barely get sick at all. I used to get 3-4 viral infections a year) (This is also due to a much better diet too)