The maca root has been cultivated in Peru for thousands of years. But now booming global demand for its use as a supplement that is said to increase energy is boosting prices and disrupting the small ...

Ament describes a Wild West scenario where maca farmers are approached with suitcases full of money, while giant sacks of maca are gleefully loaded into trucks. Law enforcement is absent from the ...

Natural-products companies based in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere have steadily built a market for maca, a small turnip-like root that grows in high mountain areas, and that is believed to give a ...

It enhances libido, balances hormones, and might even be a form of hormone replacement therapy, so say certain maca marketing materials, which appear to be based on rodent studies funded by those very ...

There are some supplements and foods that suddenly take off on social media for no apparent reason. But when these cross your feed more than once, it’s understandable to have questions. Maca root is ...

In a small storefront on a bleak, wind- swept Andean plat- eau, Timotea Cor- dova, 80, offers an oxygen-deprived visitor a traditional elixir to ward off the breathless effect of the high altitude.

Spicing up your diet with maca may provide you with surprising maca benefits you never dreamed existed. Whether you choose to cook maca root, add maca powder to foods, take maca supplements, or apply ...

Move over, matcha, there's a new superfood in town: maca. No, not matcha. Maca. (Confusing, right?) The root, also known as Peruvian ginseng, recently made waves in the health and wellness community ...

Maca root for men — are there any positive effects on health? Here’s what you should know. A Peruvian plant that grows in the highlands of the Andes mountains, maca root has been used for its ...