1, with the repair of body functions, replenishment of physical strength, and enhance the role of immunity.

2, has the role of anti-thrombosis, so to a certain extent can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

3, has the role of endocrine regulation, such as for men to help improve their sexual function, for women to improve menstrual disorders and so on.

Although maca has the above effects, but after all is a natural food rather than drugs, the role is also limited, so there is discomfort recommended regular hospital consultation.

What people can not eat maca

1, pregnant women may affect the fetus

Maca has the role of enhancing the desire and improve hormone secretion, and pregnant women are in a special period of time, the physique is weaker, especially maca contained in the estrogen, pregnant women will consume. estrogen, consumption by pregnant women can lead to fetal development or even cause fetal malformation.

2, leading to premature maturation of minors

Minors are in a developmental stage, needing a variety of balanced nutritional supplements. If you consume maca will lead to excessive hormone secretion in the body, sex hormone secretion is too exuberant, thus causing premature sexual maturity and delayed bone development and other symptoms.

3, aggravate thyroid disease

maca has a compound called thioglucose, which is able to react with the iodine that we usually ingested into the body, leading to thyroid disease patients with thyroid gland swelling, thus aggravating the condition.

4, maca eat more fire

Maca as a tonic drug, which is rich in high units of nutrients, anti-fatigue effect. But maca eat more will lead to fire, and in the fire people eat will aggravate the condition, usually recommended no more than 25g per day is more appropriate.

5, excessive hormone excess

maca contains sterols, saponins are the predecessor of hormones, these ingredients will stimulate hormone synthesis in the body. Consuming too much will lead to excessive hormone secretion, resulting in excessive desire and damage to kidney organs.

It was commonly used by soldiers in South America to strengthen their bodies, but it was banned after a siege to prevent the soldiers from harming women with excessive desire.

6, eating taboos

Not suitable for individual consumption

For health care is the most important 'balanced with the most important', maca's nutrients are high, a single supplement may cause a certain component of the excess or insufficient, it is recommended to eat with other ingredients is better.

7, the morning should not be eaten

People in the morning in a state to replenish energy, the body's hormone secretion of the more flat lack of, at this time to take the maca is not suitable to be absorbed. The appropriate time to take maca should be after meals, and at night around 9 o'clock, when the human body hormone secretion is strong, can be well absorbed maca nutrients.

What is the role of eating maca

1, replenish physical strength. Maca grows in the barren plateau, need higher energy to grow better, because of its growth environment and characteristics, so eating maca can quickly replenish physical strength, eliminate fatigue, so that energy recovery.

2, anti-fatigue. Maca contains more iron, protein, amino acids, minerals, zinc, taurine and other components, is conducive to fight fatigue, enhance muscle endurance, resistance to exercise fatigue, but also to improve and consolidate immunity, improve the body's skills to fight disease.

3, improve sleep. Maca can effectively improve the stress caused by anxiety and neurasthenia and so on. In Peru, local maca is used as a natural herb to relieve stress and eliminate anxiety, and also to improve the symptoms of insomnia and excessive dreaming.

4, aphrodisiac. Maca is rich in protein amino acids, polysaccharides, minerals and its unique bioactive substances magalene, magalamide, is conducive to improving impotence and premature ejaculation symptoms.

Who should not eat maca

1, minors. Minors are in the developmental period, is growing body time, it is recommended to eat more nutritious vegetables, fruits, so as to meet the growth needs. Maca face the crowd is mainly endocrine disorders, physical decline, easy to fatigue of the adult population.

2, pregnant women. Maca can enhance libido, improve sexual ability, which is not conducive to pregnant women to preserve the fetus.

3, thyroid disease patients. There is a compound called thioglucoside in maca, due to dietary more or less some iodine intake, 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.