Agroaldea
Attributed properties to help fight Alzheimer's disease and enhance memory and concentration.
Black maca is a seed tuber or rather a high nutritional value given in the Peruvian Andes on a 4.000 meters high.
Although not a product widely known worldwide has several properties that interest enough in today's society. These benefits are sought by people in the pharmaceutical industry, and it is unaware that black maca does not have to envy medicines traditional pharmacies.
Fertility, better sexuality, physical resistance, concentration, more memory and less stress are just some of the results that have been reported after consumption of black maca. These effects are also recorded in the regular maca and red maca, but only in black they are much more visible and quick.
In 2011 Peruvian researcher at the University of Cayetano made a studied postulated that black maca can help dramatically in the treatment of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and enhance cognitive functions such as memory and concentration.
"Our studies show that these Andean plants can be an alternative for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, mainly, women in menopause age”, said the expert.
Even more professionals say the amount of sperm increases with the consumption of black maca. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia has shown in some experiments, but this property is known since the seventeenth century by indigenous and Spanish Creoles.
The head of the laboratory of Endocrinology and Reproduction, Gustavo Gonzáles, He explained that this Andean culture acts on the hippocampus, an area of the brain where memory is located, enriching their activity.
"Black maca allows the person to have more ability to remember, reduce the number of times you have to repeat information, to remember, for example, promotes recovery processes of memory and learning ", he said to Andina news agency.
Another benefit that exhibits this Andean plant is the energizing effect it has on the person who consumes. Gonzales Rengifo states that black maca is five times more energizing than drinks such, ginseng and testosterone because retards accumulation of lactic acid.
"Lactic acid generates muscle fatigue. The slow accumulation muscle has a chance to have more activity for extended time ", Indian.
Biologist recommends no black maca flour or gelatinized form because it creates digestive problems but rather extract, Strained or boiled and macerated prepared.
"What is important are the doses and frequency. It is advisable to consume 20 grams of black maca once a day in the options mentioned ", he reported.
The effects after a few days consumption include increased physical performance, sexual and mental; improves memory, concentration and learning; prevents stress, fatigue and promotes good mood; improves fertility of both sexes; increases sperm count and motility and quality improves ovarian women.