Maca has been know for its supposed benefits for sexual performance and has been harvested and used for fertility in the Andean Mountains for centuries. Can Maca live up the legend and help the couples affected by the modern epidemic of infertility?

Samantha Dobson investigate for golfnews.com with Important professionals in Dubai about the influence of modern life and how the toxins around may affect fertility. Talking with Dr Dunn about how acupuncture and herbs and vitamins can help to revert the situation. Continue reading →

Ingredients
(makes one serving)
1 banana
1/4 cp of creamy peanut butter
1 cp of plain yogurt
2 tbl of cocoa powder
1 tsp of vanilla
1 tbl of honey or sugar
1 tbp of maca

Method
Put all ingredients into the Blender and mix for 2 minutes.
Pour into glasses and decorated with chocolate shavings.

As you wondering what are the next superfoods to look at  we look at the Article of Elissa McCallum in Goodfood an Australian blog that we like to read to keep an eye on the news from down there.

And as they mention the new trends in superfoods Kefir, chlorella, scoby, tibicos, fermentos, lactobacillus … and they would have some special words about maca. Continue reading →

Ingredients
(makes 2-3 glasses)
2 ripe bananas
400ml milk of choice (almond, cows, soy, rice)
2 drops pure vanilla extract
2 tbsp maca powder
1 tbsp cacao powder

Method
Put all ingredients into the mixer and mix for 2 minutes.
Pour into a glass and enjoy.

The Mail Online have an article about Maca that could work as an anti-depressant following the research on mice at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.

The study was for six weeks and they found that maca would reduce levels of stress hormone cortisol decreased while levels of the happy hormone dopamine rose. Continue reading →