Vitality-Enhancing Benefits of MACA750™

Vitality-Enhancing Benefits of MACA750™

09/15/08

The Vitality Secret of the Inca
Maca is believed to have been cultivated in the Junín plateau of Peru’s Central Highlands as far back as 2,000 years ago. Peruvians attribute panacea-like benefits to maca, claiming that maca is an aphrodisiac and fertility enhancer, a laxative, cures rheumatism and respiratory disorders, stimulates metabolism, regulates hormones, improves memory, combats anemia, and fights depression. When the Spanish arrived in Peru in 1526, they found maca among the many treasures held by the Inca. Maca was so highly prized by the Inca that at the height of their
civilization, it was used as a form of currency. From as far back as five hundred years ago, maca’s reputation for enhancing strength, libido and fertility was already well established in Peru.

The Ultimate Source
Relying on four patents, Medicine Plants delivers vitality-enhancing benefits of high potency, high quality Maca for men and women.

Medicine Plants sources maca in the central Peruvian Highlands, relying on partnerships with local growers. As a result of an extraordinarily well developed maca agriculture program, we have access to the highest quality and most sustainably produced source of maca. Our high quality is due to the ideal growing conditions in the highest elevation of the Peruvian Highlands and the fact that our maca is always sun-dried, a process which can take 4-6 months. Some maca brands use a less expensive, cooking method of drying maca, but this can change the therapeutic properties of this amazing herb.

Participation in the Peruvian maca trade in this way enables Medicine Plants to produce superior quality maca products, protects the natural Andean environment and enhances the future for some of the Andean people. As a standard for the US market industry, MACA750™ is NSF certified. Natural and safe, MACA750™ gives the competitive advantage of proven efficacy.

Main Compounds and Recognized Properties Dried Maca contains about 59% carbohydrate, and 10% protein, a lipid content of 2.2%, and a number of sterols, including sitosterol, campestrol, ergosterol, brassicasterol and ergostadienol. Maca is also a good source of iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium and iodine, thyamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), and Vitamins C.

Two groups of novel compounds in Maca have been identified; they are macamides and macaenes. These structures act as marker compounds for MACA750™, ensuring its efficacy. Preliminary experiments with animals point to these two groups of compounds as sex and energy enhancers. In the experiments, sexual activity and stamina increased significantly as the quantities of macamides and macaenes in the diet increased.*

Maca is an adaptogen. Adaptogens are a special classification of herbs which include MACA750™, Rhodiola rosea (Rhosavin100™), Ginseng and others. They have a long history of use and are designated "adaptogen" only if they do no harm and work only when the body requires.

*Maca stimulates sexual function in male mice (study published in the medical journal Urology in 2000) - Male mice treated for 22 days with a lipidic extract of maca (Lepidium meyenii) demonstrated 2.9 to 4.1 times more mating behavior than mice in an untreated control group, according to the results of a Chinese study. The mice in the maca group showed a significant increase in both mounting and copulatory behavior, compared with controls. Two different maca preparations were tested, both standardized to the fatty acids macaene and macamide. The researchers claim that theirs is the first study to scientifically demonstrate an aphrodisiac effect for maca. Zheng BL, He K, Hyungchan C, et al. Effect of a lipidic extract from Lepidium meyenii on sexual behavior in mice and rats.

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Be well,
Medicine Plants™

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References
US Patent # 6,552,206 Compositions and methods for preparation from Lepidium.
US Patent # 6,428,824 Treatment of sexual dysfunction with an extract of Lepidium meyenii roots.
US Patent # 6,267,995 Extract of Lepidium meyenii roots for pharmaceutical applications.
US Patent # 6,878,731 Imidazole Alkaloďds from Lepidium Meyenii and method of usage.
Hermann, M., Heller, J., (eds) et al. Andean Roots and Tubers: Ahipa, Arracacha, Maca and Yacon, 1st ed., (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, 1997): 173 – 178.
Personal interviews, Chris Kilham, Junin Plateau October 1998.
Dini, A., Migliuolo, G., Rastrelli L., et al. “Chemical composition of Lepidium meyenii” Food Chem 49 (1994): 347 – 349.
*Zheng, B., He, K., Kim C.H. et al. Effect of a lipidic extract from Lepidium meyenii on sexual behavior in mice and rats. Urology. (55) (2000): 598 – 602.
Zheng, B., He, K., Hwang, Z.Y. et al. Effect of an aqueous extract from Lepidium meyenii on mouse behavior in forced swimming test. Quality Management of Nutraceuticals, ACS symposium series 803.
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MACA 750™

90 capsules/750mg each capsule
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