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Today I want to shine a spotlight on maca, a herb you’ve probably heard lots about in the wellness space, but for those of us with endo, it can be confusing to know if it’s helpful or whether we should avoid it. Because maca can help us handle stress and burnout, I thought this busy time of year is a perfect opportunity to talk about it! Maca is an adaptogen herb, which means it helps our bodies to adapt to physical and emotional stressors. Maca does this by acting on the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA axis) to promote a more normalised stress response. The HPA axis is a system between our brain and adrenal glands that controls our stress response and our cortisol and adrenaline output. If you want to learn more about the HPA axis, I’ve linked to an episode in the show notes. Read more.
Show Notes Maca adaptogenic properties https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10910417/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3991026/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3614567/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3614644/ Maca and energy/fatigue https://www.ffhdj.com/index.php/ffhd/article/view/912 https://ffhdj.com/index.php/ffhd/article/view/912/1603 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212429222003364 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2017/2904951 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141813017351681 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2024.1360422/full Maca and hormones https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654524001483 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09513590.2024.2360085 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3614604/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6419242/#bibr89-2515690X19829380 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3614596/#R5 https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33971/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2015/949036 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236909766_Hormone-Balancing_Effect_of_Pre-Gelatinized_Organic_Maca_Lepidium_peruvianum_Chacon_III_Clinical_Responses_of_Early-Postmenopausal_Women_to_Maca_in_Double_Blind_Randomized_Placebo-controlled_crossover https://journals.ekb.eg/article_79449_fda1706194d865cd287c03d88ef02905.pdf http://eplant.njau.edu.cn/maca/publication/47.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/rmb2.12357 Maca isn’t a phytoestrogen https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3614604/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3614596/#R5 https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/is-flax-bad-for-endo?rq=flax Endo and cortisol https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10253890701840610 https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/tired-all-the-time-hpa-axis-dysfunction-and-endo?rq=HPA%20axis Maca brands (not sponsored/affiliated) https://supplementhub.com/en-gb/products/maca-powder-gelatinized-227g-gaia-herbs Recipe https://www.theendobellycoach.com/burnout-busting-luteal-phase-malted-milk
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