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Superfood: Maca
ShareMaca and its potent health benefits can hardly go unnoticed. Belonging to the mustard family, maca is a thick, radish-like root. It is native to the remote areas of the Peruvian Andes and can survive even the harshest of temperatures and environments.
Varieties: Maca comes in a variety of colours such as red, purple yellow and black. There is a school of thought that each variety of colour brings a slightly different effect on the body, however further scientific evidence is yet to demonstrate this.
Purchasing: When purchasing maca, there are three forms you can choose from:
Raw Maca Powder: This is maca in its purest form. It is where the whole maca root has simply been sun dried and ground into a caramel coloured powder at a very low temperature.
Gelatinised Powder: This is basically a fancy way of saying maca concentrate. This is more potent than the raw powder as the maca’s starch powder has been removed
Maca Capsules: If you are looking to utilise maca as a food product, it is best to avoid the capsule form.
Benefits: Maca is an amazing energy food.
- It also may help you to maintain a state of equilibrium and balance stress.
- Research shows that the compounds found in maca may support the adrenal glance and promote a healthy neurotransmitter production.
- Maca can also be beneficial in improving the effects of chronic fatigue syndrome and can enhance fertility.
Maca contains a wide variety of essential amino acids, minerals and vitamins such as:
- Iron
- Iodine
- Calcium
- Magnesium;
- Phosphorus
- Potassium
- Zinc
- Selenium
- Vitamins B1 and B2, C and E.
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