Women use Maca to ease the symptoms of peri-menopause, menopause and post-menopause. Also women who have a irregular menstruation experience more regularity when using Maca. Symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, mood swings, vaginal dryness and loss of sexual desire, are very effectively reduced with Maca. Women in peri-menopause usually need smaller doses (approx. 1500 mg, 2 tablets) to reduce the symptoms of increased PMS and other symptoms of an in-stable hormonal system. The dominance of estrogen is a much occurring problem which Maca can correct. It is shown that women who start using Maca in the peri-menopausal phase, have less symptoms in their menopause.

Menopause

Women in menopause who experience hot flashes, mood swings and other symptoms of a decreasing hormone level, in will Maca find a safe and natural alternative for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). To start, women need a high doses to reduce the menopause. Approximately 2500-5000 mg (3-6 tablets a day). Normally, after about 2 months of use, the dose can be reduced to 2-3 tablets a day (800 mg per tablet). There is not one product suited for everyone, but the results that Maca will show you are amazing. Many women already experience relief after having used Maca just for one week, and after this the menopausal symptoms only become less. Many women ho have tried everything and anything without success, from HRT to vegetable hormones, often do have success when using Maca. Women who are already using a form of HRT will have to make a slow transfer to Maca. The HRT will have to be finished slowly and the use of Maca has to be built up in the same steady tempo. This transition is best to be done in one month minimally.

Post Menopause and Osteoporosis

Women who are in the post-menopausal stage take quite a low doses of Maca. Even if women did not experience any symptoms due to a decreasing hormone level, the use of Maca can be of an advantage. Maca slows the ageing process, keeps the skin young and can prevent vaginal dryness and atrophy. Maca also strengthens the bone-structure because of the presence of many minerals. It is for this reason that Maca is used not only in Peru, but all over the world to fight osteoporosis.

Maca Eases Menopausal Discomforts

Maca is a 100% natural product that grows in the Peruvian Andes. It helps to promote hormone balance in the body. That is the reason why a lot of women use this product in order to ease the negative effects of menopause. It is proven that Maca helps fight fatigue, memory loss, hot flashes, nervousness, lack of energy and other symptoms of menopause. Many women feel better after using Maca for just one week.

Hot Flashes

The local people of the Peruvian Andes, among which, the Incas, have been using Maca for the last millennia. Peruvian women sometimes start taking Maca from the age of three. These women are very powerful, even the elderly women, and have exceptional stamina. Menopausal effects like hot flashes, vaginal dryness or memory lapses are things that they don't experience.

Until recently, Maca was a well kept secret of the Peruvian Andes. However, a couple of years ago, research was done on several plants of the Andes, which revealed the powers of Maca. One of the effects of Maca on women is that it helps alleviate symptoms of menopause. In addition, Maca also increases fertility and energy levels and helps stimulate sexual activity for both men and women.

Maca Substitutes Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

The desire to stop ageing is world wide. The solution can be found in an optimal and balanced combination of hormones in the human body.

After taking any "external" hormone, even the natural vegetable hormones that are present in food and spices, your glands (which normally produce hormones) will get lazy. In time, this can lead to an insufficient production of hormones. The dependence on "external" hormones will only increase.

Maca operates in a different way. It does not stir up the production of hormones by applying more hormones, but Maca stimulates the endocrine system to produce hormones itself. This way, the effects can be beneficial to men and women.

HRT

Maca is a natural alternative to Hormone Replacement Therapy. Maca stimulates the glands in the body so that it produces the hormones that it needs. That is why it works better than other natural or artificial products that bring in hormones from outside the body sending a message to the glands to stop producing these hormones.

The American doctor, Gabriel Cousens, prefers Maca to hormone replacement therapy (HTP) for example: DHEA, pregnenolone, or phytoestrogens. He states: "Maca is a balanced answer to the effects of an aging endocrine system. HRT declines the capacity of the endocrine glands to produce hormones; this fosters the aging of the body".

In many cases hormone replacement therapy is used to stop the ageing effects. In medical literature this is often called Hormone Supplement Therapy (HRT).

Both men and women are discovering the benefits of using hormones such as testosterone, DHEA, estrogen and human growth hormones. HRT offers advantages but it is not without side effects and also not without risks.

Endocrine System

Maca on the other hand effects hormones in a very different and completely safe way. Maca is an intensifier and rejuvenator and stimulates the endocrine system in the human body. It stimulates the human body to produce it's own natural hormones, in the correct quantity and the correct proportions.

Maca therapy is recommended over hormone replacement therapy because HRT ages the body, decreasing the natural production of hormones. If you are taking hormones artificially, such as by taking medicine or food with vegetable hormones, this will effect the glands that normally produce this hormone in a natural way. In contrast with soy products, black cocoa, liqorice beetroot, wild yam and other products that contain hormone-like ingredients, Maca does not contain any vegetable hormone. Therefore it is simply not possible to take too much of it (overdose). Maca starts at the cause of the problem and does not only fight the symptoms.

Endocrine glands are located throughout the body and regulate many of its vital processes.

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A very important reason to use Maca instead of hormone replacement therapy is the damaging effects of HRT. More and more is said regarding the fact that taking estrogen can be carcinogenic. This has been the subject of ongoing discussions and research. For sure we can say that Maca is a natural, safely and well working alternative for HRT.