Maca warning for anyone experimenting with this

[Guest guest]

I'm in a small group of women experimenting with various protocols for

menopausal problems. One of the things we've looked at is maca. We

could not get answers from the major producers on how they managed to

standardized their products. Finally came across this

http://ahealthya.com/gelatinzation.htm.

Getting this information out of certain " well respected producers " was

near impossible. (Probably because they are in patent lawsuits over

the process)

If the bottle says extract, standardized, gelatinized or atomized

you're most likely looking at an extruded material not raw.

Even if it says " raw extract " !

Sally Fallon has talked about studies with extruded cereals and how

dangerous they are. The heat and pressure changes the structure of the

molesules.

Not saying this is the same but I'd leave it alone since it's been

subjected to high pressure and probably heat.

You can buy totally raw powder or roasted maca. That's what you want

to experiment with. Traditionally the Peruvians roasted or boiled

their roots for a long time.

Bye

Lynn