how is maca

today I saw the article below, it reported no use of maca in improvement of sexual problem. any idea about this

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a Peruvian hypocotyl that grows exclusively between 4000 and 4500 m in the central Andes. Maca is traditionally employed in the Andean region for its supposed aphrodisiac and/or fertility-enhancing properties. This study was a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, parallel trial in which active treatment with different doses of Maca Gelatinizada was compared with a placebo. The study aimed to test the hypothesis that Maca has no effect on serum reproductive hormone levels in apparently healthy men when administered in doses used for aphrodisiac and/or fertility-enhancing properties. Men aged between 21 and 56 Years received 1500 mg or 3000 mg Maca. Serum levels of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, prolactin, 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone, testosterone and 17-beta estradiol were measured before and at 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks of treatment with placebo or Maca (1.5 g or 3.0 g per day). Data showed that compared with placebo Maca had no effect on any of the hormones studied nor did the hormones show any changes over time. Multiple regression analysis showed that serum testosterone levels were not affected by treatment with Maca at any of the times studied (P, not significant). In conclusion, treatment with Maca does not affect serum reproductive hormone levels.

Here is one think, among several I see on google, that includes the text copied above:
http://joe.endo crinology-journ … t/176/1/163.pdf

Smspecial, I suspect you tried, but please include links to the orginal source material. Thanks.

Now that’s a useful study, thank you!

I took it a little while back but it always used to make me feel really sluggish and sleepy. I could literally sleep days away while on the stuff so I gave up. The sleepyness was actually the only thing I noticed while taking it!

I just received some maca extract that I ordered from 1fast400 (good company btw). I have started with approx 3000mg/day, and have already noticed an improvement. I wanted to “hold off” for a few days to to see the full effect, but I have just been too randy since I started on it, don’t know if that is related. However, the daily loads have been really quite big, as though I had actually been storing it up, and the consistency has changed. Actually, the consistency of the semen is quite remarkable, it seems somehow thicker, more opaque and more homogenous.

FYI, I am stacking it with a bunch of other supplements, all of which I heartily recommend, both individually and in this combination, for bodybuilding and mental acuity : (quantities are daily values)

PLCAR (1.5g)
ALCAR (1.5g)
alpha-GPC (1000mg)
Idebenone (340mg)
Aniracetam (1500mg)
R-alpha-liopoic-acid (600mg)
Creatine Ethyl Ester (varies)
Vitamins (C - 500mg; E - 800 I.U.)
Zinc (20mg)
Gingko Biloba (500mg)
“Complete Whey Protein” shakes (3).

(current bodyweight - 82.5kg / 182lb)

I used maca for about 6 months with no effect. I’ve still got nearly a pound in my cabinet.

all it does is make you horny i have to jerk like 4x a day if i take that shit, take it before you are gonna get laid.

FYI, I am stacking it with a bunch of other supplements, all of which I heartily recommend, both individually and in this combination, for bodybuilding and mental acuity : (quantities are daily values)

PLCAR (1.5g)
ALCAR (1.5g)
alpha-GPC (1000mg)
Idebenone (340mg)
Aniracetam (1500mg)
R-alpha-liopoic-acid (600mg)
Creatine Ethyl Ester (varies)
Vitamins (C - 500mg; E - 800 I.U.)
Zinc (20mg)
Gingko Biloba (500mg)
“Complete Whey Protein” shakes (3).

(current bodyweight - 82.5kg / 182lb)
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Thank you for your recommendation. I have already take Ginko Biloba and Zinc. I saw Maca in the marcket today but still worry about it.
Actually, my most concerned problem is the temprature of my penis, I don’t know why it is always cold, especially when I am out( outside is even warmer than inside). after I did PE and took some V.E, it feels better, but still not good. who can help me on this?

There you have two sides of the coin. It made him horny as hell and didn’t do anything for me. That is why it’s always difficult to say for sure what supplements will do for people. Just because a supplement works in one person doesn’t mean it will for you. Same way if one doesn’t work doesn’t mean it won’t in you. You just have to experiment with what you want to try and give it a fair amount of time to work. I spent about two and a half years trying various things and NONE of them gave me back my sex drive. But at least I did try and now I know that I am permantely damaged and will never regain my libido.

What on earth happened to your sex drive? What have you done so far to regain it?

My sex drive up and left me at one stage, but I worked out that the problem had something to do with living in the same one room apartment with my girlfriend for two years, when we both spent a lot of time at home. When I say “one room” I mean literally - as big as your bedroom (this is Japan, after all).

We have now decided to live in separate countries for 6 months or so. It’s done wonders for my libido! hah! Can’t wait to get her back though.

I had no success with Maca. I had much better luck with Tongil Alii, Yhombe and L-arginine.

You mean you have lost all your libido? To me, I still can make love with my girlfriend. But recently, I was diagnised with chronic prostatitis which should be the criminal of my poor sex system I think. So did you ever check your prostate in any hospital?

Oh, you live in Osakam I am in Oita. yes, you are right, the one room—one bedroom.

Can’t find arginine, where can I buy it?

Yuhombe, I tried before but rusult in a very high level of triglyceride! only one month dosage, bring me a 6.8 TG( I forgot the unit, the normal is lower than 1.7!). So I stop taking it and one month later, the TG decreased to 3.1, and then after another month, it decresed to 2.~ ( can’t remember the exact number). So the yuhombe is really terrible, at least to me! Maybe, that was not the fault of yihombe, but who can explain this to me? So be careful with it!

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