The health care function of Maca Maca is mainly distributed in the Andes in South America and Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, Yunnan, China. Its roots are shaped like radishes and can be eaten. This thing is very common in South America and is used to treat gynecological diseases, such as menopausal syndrome and irregular menstruation. However, with the exploitation of medicinal value, it is gradually developed into health care products.
1, each anti-fatigue maca 100g contains 59% carbohydrate, 8.9% linolenic acid and 0/8.5% unsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid. It not only tastes sweet, but also provides a lot of heat energy, which can make people full of energy and reduce fatigue.
Cha Shenghua, Yang Qin and others found that Yunnan Maca extract has obvious fatigue relieving effect, and there is an obvious dose-effect relationship. The effective components for relieving fatigue are sugar and macadamide (mainly N- benzyl flax amide).
The edible safety of Yunnan maca was also evaluated in this study. In the evaluation of food safety, mice were fed at the recommended dose 100 times, and there was no acute toxicity or reproductive toxicity. Through this report, we can see that Maca produced in Yunnan is slightly better than Maca produced in Peru in terms of nutritional components, heavy metals and other indicators.
Therefore, if you want to choose Maca as a health care product, you don't have to worship the Peruvian origin too much, and Lijiang, Yunnan is better.
I didn't believe it when I started to improve my sexual desire. By consulting the literature, there is indeed evidence that maca can improve my sexual desire.
Foreign mouse experiments and human experiments suggest that taking 1500~3000mg every day can improve male sexual desire. Xu et al. in China investigated the reproductive organ index, serum hormone level, testicular antioxidant capacity, sperm quantity and activity, and 5- hydroxytryptamine content in the brain of mice, and proved that Maca has a strong improvement effect on sexual function of male mice, which is the result of interaction in many aspects and angles. The study also suggested that maca from different habitats, colors and processing methods had different effects on sexual function of mice.
3. Anti-osteoporosis Liu Hao et al. proved that Maca extract N- benzyl palmitamide has anti-osteoporosis activity, which can promote bone formation and inhibit bone resorption by increasing the expression of estrogen receptor and key osteogenic factors, and finally play an anti-osteoporosis role. Of course, this is based on the data of mouse model, and human clinical trials have not been carried out.
4. Hypoglycemic effect of type 2 diabetes Zhang Lijun et al. showed that maca contains maca flavonoids and glucosinolates. -Glucosidase has inhibitory effect. And then what? -When glucosidase is inhibited, the rate of starch decomposition in food will slow down. There is a special class of hypoglycemic drugs through inhibition? -Glucosidase lowers blood sugar. At the same time, studies show that Maca can improve insulin resistance of adipocytes. Of course, this is also based on the rat diabetes model, and there is no human clinical trial.
In order to fight osteoporosis and lower blood sugar, Bian Xiao strongly suggested that friends use maca. Not only is there no clinical trial data, but it may delay the illness if misused. It is recommended to use regular drugs for treatment.
5. Due to the lack of sufficient evidence, other functions will not be summarized.
Prompt 1. Maca products in the market are mixed, with different prices and different processing methods, and the quality of the contents cannot be guaranteed. 2, to say that the health care effect is often unsatisfactory. The research belongs to research, and the dosage and concentration used are very high, so it is difficult to reach the actual dosage of the effective components developed into health care products, and there is not enough dose data to support it. 3. For Maca itself, it can be proved that normal use is basically non-toxic and harmless. However, it is not known whether these health care products have added pharmaceutical ingredients. If you want to use it, don't blindly worship the place of origin, and choose some products with good reputation from big brands.
Dr. Yao, the pharmacist in charge and senior nutritionist, 10 years experience in medication guidance, nutrition consultation and health management. No medicine, no medicine, healthy life, no disease, no medicine!