Maca Longevity; A Natural Viagra to Help Increase a Active Libido!

Natural Viagra, active libido, hormone balance; sounds wonderful but true?

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Garry P Gordon, MD, Founder and President of the International College of Advanced Longevity Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois, bases his appreciation of maca on his own experience with it.

Dr Gordon says: "We all hear rumors about various products like maca. But using this Peruvian root myself, I personally experienced a significant improvement in erectile tissue. I call it "nature’s answer to Viagra."

Here is a link to Dr Gordon.

"What I see in maca is a means of normalizing our steroid hormones, like testosterone, progesterone and estrogen. Therefore it has the capability to forestall hormonal changes of aging," Dr Gordon believes. "It acts on men to restore them to a healthy functional status in which they experience a more active libido."

"Of course, as someone interested in longevity, I’m aware that mortality comes on much sooner for those individuals whose sexual activity is diminished or non existent. In other words, I believe that people who engage in sex twice a week or more live longer. I’ve found sexual activity to be a reliable marker for overall aging."



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The healing qualities of maca have helped the local native population thrive in this oxygen-poor plateau where they live. Maca root contains significant amounts of amino acids, complex carbohydrates, vitamins B1, B2, B12, C and E and minerals including calcium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium and iron. Maca is an adaptogenic plant, which means it works on the body according to the needs, age and gender of the person taking it.

The pituitary hypothalamus is sometimes called the master gland of the body, as it influences all of our body systems. Our bodies are the most wonderful healing, self-repairing "machine", and if we give ourselves enough of the nutrients we need every day, we can combat diseases and bacteria before they make us sick. Why then do we need products like Maca?

We live our lives at a fast pace, achieving what we need to every day, and at night we heave a sigh of relief, we're home, time to relax and enjoy our family, and often dinner preparation is an afterthought, just one more thing to get done for the day, and then there is the mess of washing up.....how about take-away tonight? Sound familiar?

Not you? Well, how about those fresh veges you bought today at the market; were they grown in soil that had enough minerals replaced, no pesticides or herbicides, how long have they been stored before you bought them?

We can do our very best to buy and serve fresh healthy food, but we have very little control over the nutrient content of that food!

This is where food supplements like Maca become of great interest, but as the demand for these products grows, the market can be flooded with intensively farmed products, who's nutrient level can be reduced; a vicious circle!

Maca supports the sex glands, but also supports the entire endocrine system including the adrenals, thyroid and pancreas.

People of all ages may benefit by using this vegetable to give their body support when stressed, out of balance or simply due to the natural processes of aging.

It is important to take enough, to take it regularly (twice a day) and to give enough time for the Maca to work with your endocrine system, which will depend on your initial state of health. Some people notice a beneficial difference within 1-2 weeks and others will take longer (up to 3 months).

What is youth? What is aging? What is health?

The answers to these questions all seem to revolve around optimal and balanced amounts of hormones in the body; most attempts at delaying the aging process seem to involve various types of hormone replacement, and both men and women are discovering the benefits of boosting their levels of hormones such as testosterone, DHEA, estrogen, progesterone, and human growth hormone.

Hormone replacement therapy works, particularly when the hormones used are as close as possible to those produced by our glands.

Maca longevity however, offers an entirely different approach to hormone balancing. It is a tonic and rejuvenatory for the entire endocrine system. Maca seems to have its greatest effect on the sex hormones, with the result that the body begins to produce normal amounts of the “juices of life” again.

Well known holistic physician Gabriel Cousens, M.D., says, “Whenever possible, I prefer to use maca therapy rather than hormone replacement therapy because HRT actually ages the body by diminishing the hormone-producing capability of the glands.” Maca longevity occurs through nourishment.

Unlike black cohosh, licorice root, wild yam, and other herbs containing hormone-like substances, maca contains no phyto-hormones (plant hormones).

According to the work of Dr. Gloria Chacon, a Peruvian biologist, naturally occurring alkaloids in the maca root act on the hypothalamus-pituitary glands. These master controllers of the body then go on to stimulate the other endocrine glands, including the ovaries, testes, thyroid, pancreas, and adrenals. This explains why maca acts in a gender-appropriate way and restores hormonal balance for both sexes. This explains why maca-longevity has become such a "hot topic"

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