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This video will share the many benefits of maca root and how it can naturally boost your health.
Maca is actually in the same vegetable family as cabbage and broccoli and is also an adaptogen herb. Adaptogens are unique and help the body adapt and deal with many stressors. Maca is grown in the mountains of South America and has been used in history for balancing hormones and improving libido.
Maca Benefits:
1) Naturally balance hormones
• Issues relating to hormones
⁃ PMS, menopause and PCOS
• Helps lower cortisol (high-stress hormone)
2) Infertility
• Balances hormones & helps the reproductive organs of men and women
3) Naturally improve testosterone in men
4) Boost energy levels
• Issues relating to decreased energy
• Chronic fatigue or adrenal fatigue
How to take maca root:
• 1 tbsp of maca each day in a smoothie
• Mix cacao, coconut oil and maca for extra energy boosting
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Hey, guys, Dr. Axe here, doctor of natural
medicine. In this video I’m going to be talking about
the many benefits of maca root and how maca root powder and taking a maca supplement can
help naturally boost your health. Now this might surprise you, but maca is actually
in the same vegetable family as cabbage and broccoli. It’s a cruciferous vegetable, and it’s also
an adaptogen herb. So it’s very, very unique in terms of the
different benefits it has, because of the family it comes from as well as being what
we call an adaptogen herb, which I’ll tell you about in a minute. Maca root is grown in typically the high altitude
mountains of South America, most commonly Peru, and it’s been used throughout history
for its benefits of balancing hormones and improving libido. Maca root, as I was mentioning earlier, is
known as adaptogen herb, which means it helps the body better adapt and deal with different
stressors. For that reason, there are several benefits
of using maca root on a daily basis. I’ll share with you how I recommend you use
it here at the end of this video. Number one, maca root can really help with
naturally balancing hormones. Whether somebody has an issue like PMS or
going through menopause, or especially an issue like PCOS, that’s polycystic ovary syndrome,
maca root can help. There are some good studies on its hormone-balancing
benefits. The reason why it’s so beneficial is it helps
lower cortisol levels. Cortisol is known as your aging hormone or
your high-stress hormone, and when you can lower those levels of stress and hormone imbalance,
that’s where the real healing starts to take place with maca root. Again, maca root can help with issues likes
PCOS and hormone imbalance. The second thing it can also help with is
infertility. There is a large population of women who are
trying to find different strategies to get pregnant. Of course, diet is important. Lifestyle is important. There can be other complicating factors. But there is evidence showing that maca root
may be one of those supplements or herbs that can really support the body in balancing hormones
which could improve overall fertility. It’s been used that way throughout history
throughout South America to really support the reproductive organs of both men and women,
which leads me to my third way maca can be beneficial, is for naturally improving testosterone
in men. Now, it’s not going to do this for women. If you’re a woman and saying, “Well, I don’t
need my testosterone to be high,” really maca works by balancing out hormone levels. In men, if you’re struggling with low T or
low testosterone, maca root can absolutely help in that way as well. There are other strategies. In fact, I’ve got an article on my website
titled “Seven Ways to Naturally Boost Testosterone.” So men, if you want to learn more about how
to do that or women for your men, check out that entire article. But maca root is one of those herbs that can
benefit your body in that way. The number four way I recommend people use
maca root is for boosting energy levels. If you are struggling with low energy, chronic
fatigue, adrenal fatigue, we know maca root can help that as well. So again, start supplementing with maca root. I do it before workouts. I’ll do it first thing in the morning as well,
sort of getting my energy up. What I do is one tablespoon of maca a day
in a superfood smoothie. That’s how I personally take it. I do a maca root smoothie for breakfast. I’ll mix it with some cacao and dark chocolate. If you mix cacao, some coconut oil and maca
together, talk about an energy boosting smoothie at that time for breakfast. By the way, if you want to learn more about
the many benefits of maca, I wrote an article about it on DrAxe.com. Just go to DrAxe.com, search “mMaca root”
or “Dr. Axe Maca” on Google, and you’ll find an even longer article, more details there
on the many benefits of maca root. And hey, if you want to learn more about herbs
that heal, make sure you subscribe here to the YouTube channel. I’ve got a lot of other great videos coming
out on different healing herbs and foods and essential oils. Thanks, guys.
