Your childhood favourite, chocolate milk, has grown up – and it got healthier.
We highly recommend expressing this in an oat milk latte, hot or iced. Trust the experts. Thank us later.
INGREDIENTS:
Organic hojicha, organic maca powder
MORE ABOUT MACA:
Latin name: Lepidium meyenii
Maca, sometimes called ‘Peruvian ginseng’, is a native plant of the Andean highlands, growing mostly at altitudes over 4000m above sea level. In recent years, maca achieved super-stardom in North America, boosted by reviews from influencers like David Asprey (Hack your Sex Drive with Maca Root | https://blog.daveasprey.com/hack-your-sex-drive-with-maca/) and Men’s Health Magazine (Can Maca Powder Boost Your Energy and Sex Drive? Here's What You Should Know
https://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a19544647/maca-powder-benefits/)
Why should you include it in your diet? Quoting Health Canada on benefits that have been solidly established:
- Source of/Provides antioxidants.
- Helps to support emotional aspects of sexual health.
- Helps to support healthy mood balance during menopause.
Source: http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/nhpid-bdipsn/atReq.do?atid=maca.lepidium.meyenii&lang=eng
And for scholarly geeks, we recommend the following articles:
Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plant from the Peruvian Highlands
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184420/
Hormone-Balancing Effect of Pre-Gelatinized Organic Maca (Lepidium peruvianum Chacon): (I) Biochemical and Pharmacodynamic Study on Maca using Clinical Laboratory Model on Ovariectomized Rats
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614604/
Preservation of Cognitive Function by Lepidium meyenii (Maca) Is Associated with Improvement of Mitochondrial Activity and Upregulation of Autophagy-Related Proteins in Middle-Aged Mouse Cortex