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.
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Thanks, guys.