Guest guest Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 > > At the time I was taking the raw powder. Since then I have tried > tablets. Even though the tablets were from a top quality company and > the herb was top stuff, somehow it was different and inferior to the > raw powder to where it was actually a bad herb instead of a good one. > Do you mind telling us what brands you used? Also, how did the powder taste? What did you mix it in? This thread has been making me think about trying maca, but there seems to be so many choices... I tend to be sensitive and trying several brands gets expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 It has helped my menstruating cycles but not with body temp. My temps at 5-9 pm are around 96.6 tops 97.2 but then again I take my smoothie with maca at am usually all done by 10 am. I still need more energy, more heat at evenings. > > Maca was great for a short trial, ended feeling bad, but I cannot > say for sure it was Maca or something else. Seems like every few > days I just have a severe slump maybe due to something I ate or some > biological thing mercury/lead do or something. In psychiatry they > would call it double depression...a dip into depression from an > ongoing dysthymia. In chronic fatigue symdrome they would call it a > flare up. In the hormonal arena it would be a fluctuating cycle > thing. Maybe it's just the moon. Who knows. > > Back to Maca. First day...nice smooth energy, not jittery energy; > brightened mood, not nearly as depressed as usual; more social, not > so quiet and withdrawn; felt warm instead cold. After 3 days people > who know me and who shook my hand said my hands felt warm and that > they were always cold before. After 3 days though I was feeling > blah, depressed, a bit irritable, and just out of sorts. Like I > said, I don't know if it was Maca or not. But I do know for sure, > Maca has some amazing potential in the > hormonal/adrenal/thyroid/brain axis. > > At the time I was taking the raw powder. Since then I have tried > tablets. Even though the tablets were from a top quality company and > the herb was top stuff, somehow it was different and inferior to the > raw powder to where it was actually a bad herb instead of a good one. > > As a sidenote, even though my normally cold hands were quite warm > with Maca, my temperature was still hovering around its usual 97.8- > 98.0 degrees. Very few supplements that I've tried before will I try > again. But Maca is high on my list to try again. High quality powder > only. For me, 1/4 teaspoon was nice. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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