Revolution Maca

For those serious about maca, this is the best product I have used to date:

http://www.naturalhi.com/products/Macalibrium.aspx

It came highly recommended to me.

I currently take 4 am and 4 pm.

I find soy protein to be a great adjunct to maca in general, which may be in line with prague's experience combining low level phytoestrogens with maca.

ps--WF's sells it for thirty bucks, which is cheaper than at the link.

Gibson wrote:For those serious about maca, this is the best product I have used to date:

http://www.naturalhi.com/products/Macalibrium.aspx

It came highly recommended to me.

I currently take 4 am and 4 pm.

I find soy protein to be a great adjunct to maca in general, which may be in line with prague's experience combining low level phytoestrogens with maca.

Is this red maca?

Not sure how to differentiate, but this is definitely the type of maca you want. Whether it is worth the premium is open to debate.

That's just too expensive, one month for almost $40? I need a cheaper source for the real deal (red) maca.

This is what I am currently using and is the product that turned me on to maca; it's available at Whole Foods for slightly less money:

http://store.wholeworldbotanicals.com/Royal-Maca-Root-Powder-p/rmp175.htm

http://www.wholeworldbotanicals.com/royal-maca-value.html

Poor Man's Red MYCA

Ordered it last week, will report back my findings....

"Red Maca has mellow sun-dried butterscotch flavor"

Oh..I can almost imagine.

Lund, how much is needed per month if used daily?

Do you guys take Maca instead of 7-hmr?

anyone?

Misi, I have no clue - I ordered a pound of the Red Stuff, it came yesterday, I will start using them from today.

I think a dose of 3-4g a day, so a pound should get you going 450/4 = 100 days?

Misirlou wrote:"Red Maca has mellow sun-dried butterscotch flavor"

Oh..I can almost imagine.

Lund, how much is needed per month if used daily?

Taking a close look at Revolution brand Maca, it uses Lepidium peruvianum type maca. This is the only study I could find on it, and by the looks of it, would be
terrific for the adrenal glands.

Phytother Res. 2004 Jun;18(6):471-4.
Lepidium peruvianum chacon restores homeostasis impaired by restraint stress.
López-Fando A, Gómez-Serranillos MP, Iglesias I, Lock O, Upamayta UP, Carretero ME.

Dpto Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.

Lepidium peruvianum root has been traditionally utilized by native Peruvians, since before the time of the Incas, for both nutritional and putative medicinal purposes as an adaptogen and also to enhance fertility in humans and animals. The present research was conducted to evaluate the anti-stress activity of the methanolic extract of Lepidium peruvianum. The drug is capable of attenuating or even eliminating variations in homeostasis produced by stress since it reduces or abolishes stress-induced ulcers, elevated corticosterone levels, the reduction of glucose and the increase in the weight of adrenal glands produced by stress. It also eliminates the decrease in free fatty-acids (FFA) in plasma produced by stress and we obtain a positive result in the forced-swimming test. Thus, it did not appear to affect restraint stress-induced immunosuppression.

What the Revolution Maca brand has done is narrow down the phenotypes, which are numerous, that are best suited for a man. They ran many trials before coming up with a a 3 phenotype proprietary blend, which yes is toasted/cooked.

That's not to say other Maca products aren't effective, and who knows there may be one that suits your chemistry randomly better. However, this company has put its dollars in researching and developing a something specific for men which I'm gonna run with.

All said, most agree there isn't bad maca. This product is just highly refined, which demands a premium.

CS--
From my understanding the species names are all used interchanged and aren't a good marker for distinction.

lund wrote:Poor Man's Red MYCA

Ordered it last week, will report back my findings....

Update?

I have been taking a heaping teaspoon of this MYCA for last couple weeks, not religiously, but 5 days out of a week. At the moment, I feel no real changes due this - but it may be early. From what I understand MYCA is kind of an adaptogenic supplement that helps to fix the underlying infrastructure and will take time to show up as tangible benefits.

I do feel some warmth a little after taking this drink - but that lasts for may be 10-15 minutes.

Perhaps 6-8 weeks into it would be a better checkpoint