Maca, also known as maca, MACA. maca is a cruciferous highland plant, native to the Peruvian Andes in South America, 4000 meters above the plateau plant. Containing unique maca amide and macaene to balance the body's hormone secretion has a significant effect. Maca has the effects of anti-fatigue, replenish physical strength, improve sleep, anti-menopause, active fertility, enhance memory and so on. Moreover, maca is suitable for both men and women, and has a good regulating effect on women's menopausal syndrome.
I, long-term eating maca on the body what are the side effects
1, may lead to goiter, maca contains thioglucoside compounds, if combined with a low iodine diet overdose, may lead to swelling of the thyroid gland.
2, may be allergic, a lot of people are very easy to allergy, allergy is mainly caused by allergens, and everyone's allergens are different, for example, some people are allergic to a certain kind of flower allergy, allergy symptoms include: mouth, lips or throat with itching, tingling or swelling; rashes, redness, itching of the skin; diarrhea or vomiting; runny nose or nasal congestion, redness of the eyes, pain or watery eyes; swallowing difficulties; coughing, wheezing, breathing difficulties. Coughing, wheezing, difficulty breathing, stiff joints, fainting, and shock, all of which are symptoms of allergies, and maca may be an allergen for some people.
3, may lead to skin problems, due to maca will increase hormone secretion, so teenagers, infants and young children are not suitable to eat maca, maca will lead to teenagers acne and other skin diseases.
4, regulating the level of sex hormones, leading to menstrual disorders, decreased libido, many people do not understand this, maca can obviously increase libido, why will lead to menstrual disorders, decreased libido? Macha is suitable for people with endocrine imbalance to eat, if you have a normal endocrine without having to take macha, because macha may increase hormone secretion, resulting in endocrine imbalance, so the ancients said that no disease do not mess with the medicine is very reasonable.
5, may lead to nausea and stomach upset, this is mainly different from person to person, with the gastrointestinal condition has a lot to do.
6, maca overdose will lead to fire, is on fire crowd eating maca will lead to aggravation of fire, the amount must be controlled, good things but also moderate intake. According to clinical verification shows: a one-time excessive long-term use of maca will lead to fire, and for friends who are in the stage of fire, taking maca will aggravate the symptoms of fire.
Two, which people are not suitable for eating maca
Infants and young children: although maca can be used as energy supplements, but another role of maca, to improve human libido and sexuality, this is not suitable for infants and young children to eat, because it may lead to precocious maturation of the child, from the perspective of the plant to consider that infants and young children can eat the maca fresh fruits, but the essence of the maca tablets of this kind of health food is not recommended to infants and young children to take.
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Lactating women: maca has the role of regulating and balancing the endocrine, and endocrine disorders will lead to a series of consequences, such as skin roughness, pigmentation and so on, and a lot of women in order to regulate the endocrine, consume maca or maca essence tablets, can effectively regulate the human body's endocrine to maintain the balance, so as to achieve the role of beauty and skin care. Maca does have this role, but in the nursing period of the mother is not recommended to eat maca, because maca can enhance libido, and maca in the nutrients will be breastfeeding mothers of milk ingredients, there is no definitive proof of research, breastfeeding mothers to eat maca and its milk has an impact on the fetus, in this case, in order to insure that it is not recommended to eat maca.
Pregnant women: during pregnancy, due to the protection of the child, generally stop coitus, and maca can enhance libido, improve sexual performance, which is not conducive to pregnant women to protect the fetus, on the other hand, there is no clinical evidence that the nutrients of maca will not have a bad effect on the fetus, but in order to insure that pregnant women are not recommended to eat maca.
Patients with thyroid disease: there is a compound called thioglucoside in maca, due to dietary intake of iodine, and thioglucoside combined with iodine may lead to swelling of the thyroid gland, which will have a series of effects on patients with thyroid disease.
Minors: experts believe that maca is not suitable for minors to eat, minors in the developmental period, is growing the body, it is recommended to eat more nutritious vegetables, fruits, so as to meet the needs of growth, from the sense of health, as long as the nutritional follow up, generally can be healthy growth. The people facing maca are mainly the adult population with endocrine disorders, decreased physical strength and easy fatigue.
Three, maca how to eat the best
1, maca slices 2-4 grams (2-3 slices) with boiled water (thermos about 300-500 ml each time) soak 20 minutes to drink, soak 4 times after the maca can be consumed directly.
2, maca dry piece 30g, red dates 10, will be red dates, remove the core, wash and wait for use. Pot on the fire, add the right amount of water, with a high fire to boil, into the red dates, maca dry tablets, the pot with a lid to cook for 30 minutes.
3, the maca slices, with the ingredients into the pot at the same time, slow cooking, so that the nutrients in the maca, spread in the soup at the bottom of the pot, in general, 2-3 people to eat, can be put into a complete maca slices.
4. The maca roots are soaked in a tank of water and mixed with many different ingredients, including a handful of fresh papaya, some condensed milk, and eggs, honey and vanilla, and stirred constantly to make a delicious maca drink.
5. When stewing chicken, duck, meat, ribs, soup, etc., add 10 grams of maca slices/2000 ml of soup 30 minutes before the ceasefire, and drink 50 ml/day.
6, maca slices and white wine, according to the weight (g): volume (ml) for 1:20 bubble 42-56 degrees white wine for 2 weeks, drinking 25ml / day; soak maca generally take every day according to the meal time, that is, three times in the morning, noon and night, before meals on an empty stomach with warm water.
7, the maca slices, into the pure high grain brewing spirits in white wine, a long time shelling, maca's active ingredients fully diffused into the alcohol, a month later, can be directly poured out of white wine that is to drink (a catty of white wine can be put into the 7-10 slices of slices), this is the maca health wine.
Four, eat maca can not eat what
1, do not and other tonic, nutrients at the same time
Because maca has a rich nutrient content, has been very complementary, but the maca of this complement and the traditional complement is different, maca of this complement is the human body's nutritional intake of the balanced, if you eat maca when eating other tonic, nutrient may offset the role of maca, and the maca health care. Maca's role, and maca in the unique alkaloids macaene and maca amide can be through the pituitary gland to regulate human hormone secretion, and now a lot of food containing hormones, which is not conducive to the efficacy of maca play.
2, do not and have the aphrodisiac effect of the product at the same time
Every kind of aphrodisiac health care products will have its unique effect, maca is also so. In order to ensure that the maca health products play the best effect, it is recommended that you take the best not to mix other aphrodisiac products, to avoid the effects of maca affected. Secondly, if the male friend if the disease is in the treatment stage, then take the best time to consult their own attending physician, to avoid because of inadvertent use to the body to bring adverse effects.