Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a plant that comes from the Peruvian Andes and grows at an altitude of 3500 m. It is suitable for rocky, for most other plants inhospitable soil in extreme alpine climatic conditions. Maca grown in a different environment have been found to have a different composition of nutrients and hypocotyl than those grown in the Peruvian Andes.
Maca is called Peruvian ginseng or Peruvian blue pill due to its properties. This superfood contains a wide range of vitamins and minerals. It has a sweet, slightly spicy taste.
Radish-sized roots are consumed, which for thousands of years have been valued by the natives not only as food, but above all as a medicinal plant. According to them, maca acts as an aphrodisiac in both men and women, strengthens the immune system, increases energy, relieves physical and mental fatigue, helps reduce the problems associated with aging, fights osteoporosis and anemia and improves fertility.
By the way, the words of Peruvian natives were also confirmed by the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority, according to which maca is a good source of phytoestrogen, it supports physical and mental health, endurance, vitality, fertility, sexuality and the hormonal system during menopause.
Maca (Lepidium meyenii) je rostlina, ktera pochazi z peruanskych And a roste v nadmorske vysce od 3500 m. Vyhovuje ji skalnata, pro vetsinu ostatnich rostlin nehostinna puda v extremnich vysokohorskych klimatickych podminkach. Bylo zjisteno, ze maca pestovana v jinem prostredi ma jine slozeni zivin a hypokotylu, nez ta rostouci v peruanskych Andach.
Maca je diky svym vlastnostem oznacovana jako peruansky zensen, nebo peruanska modra pilulka. Tato superpotravina obsahuje sirokou skalu vitaminu a mineralu. Ma nasladlou, mirne korenenou chut.
Konzumuji se koreny velikosti redkvicky, ktere jsou po tisice let ceneny domorodci nejen jako potravina, ale predevsim jako leciva rostlina. Podle nich maca pusobi jako afrodiziakum jak u muzu, tak u zen, posiluje imunitni system, zvysuje energii, zmirnuje fyzickou a dusevni unavu, pomaha snizovat problemy spojene se starnutim, bojuje proti osteoporoze a anemii a zlepsuje plodnost.
Slova peruanskych domorodcu mimochodem potvrdila i Statni zemedelska a potravinarska inspekce, podle ktere je maca dobrym zdrojem fytoestrogenu, podporuje fyzicke a dusevni zdravi, vytrvalost, vitalitu, plodnost, sexualitu a hormonalni system pri menopauze.
