"maca" news and stories

Let the record state that I am by no means grossed out by eating frog and have enjoyed it upon several occasions. Heck, I might even lick a toad to experience the so-called medicinal effects. But there is absolutely no way I'm quaffing a frog smoothie, even it's reputed to boost virility.

Just in case you think you misread I'll say it again: frog smoothie. Perhaps smoothie is the wrong term since the so-called "Peruvian Viagra" is a warm beverage. Start by adding three ladles of hot white bean broth, some honey, raw aloe vera and a generous portion of maca to a blender. Oh, I almost forgot, add one freshly killed and skinned frog, and set your blender to frog frappe. The steaming amphibian brew is said to not only to increase virility, but also cure asthma, bronchitis and sluggishness.

The drink is common in Lima's central highland city Huancayo. For now I'll stick to a somewhat more palatable creation of that city papas à la Huancaina. And when I want Peruvian Viagra, I'll stick with my old standby, a nice fresh bowl of ceviche de pescado, picante por favor.

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If you've always wanted a magical powdered root that's full of great B-complex vitamins and minerals, and is a first rate aphrodisiac, and tastes great to boot--well, maybe not that great, but not bad... well your long and weary search is over. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the dirty Maca, or Maca root.

Put some in your pancakes along with the flour, pour a little in your green vegetable drink, in your tea, your soy milk shake, your cake, your gravy, your afternoon water with lemon. Maca goes with everything, and you can't get enough of it, according to my sources.

Maca root works on a glandular system that makes it unwise to take if you have a history of breast or prostate cancer (see what the doctors say over at diagnose-me. Everyone else is good to go meet their maca.

Often marketed as "nature's Viagra," this root is grown high in the mountains of Peru, where it's used in soups, alcoholic beverages and even sodas. Mostly here in the states you have to just order the powder on the internet, but hey, man, it's pretty cheap, around $30 a kilo for one hundred percent pure maca powder. You can also get it in capsule form and there are hordes of dealers on the web, so choose wisely and don't get burned. Personally, I shy away from the companies that advertise it like it's some sort of sleazy "as seen on TV" remedy, and sell it only in capsule format. They seem to my hippy viewpoint anyway, like carpetbaggers (more on that later). I'd go for the more green-thumbed places who sell maca along with other groovy tubers and dried leaf-stuffs. An always reliable source is  iamshaman.com.