Ultimate Superfoods Maca Powder - 8 Oz

This maca is grown on a plantation at the genetic origin of true lepidium peruvianum. It is sourced in Peru's Junin plateau at 14,000 feet elevation, high in the Andes Mountains. Maca growers in Peru have come to know and rely upon the regions specific highland Andean valleys, to offer them the most desirable growing conditions. Here, the growers were the first to develop and master the art of producing powerful strains of Maca root centuries ago, and these same families carry on and teach the traditions of highland farming to their ancestors in the modern day to produce the finest strain of them all. It is here that the world's first Maca was grown. At elevations above 14,000 feet (higher than any other cultivated crop in the world), the intense sunlight, rarified air, and organic soil of these highland valleys join together to produce the most potent and pure strain of Maca root on earth. Through scientific analysis and chemical breakdown documents maca root to be a nutritional storehouse of vitamins, minerals, and building blocks that fuel brain function, ease hormone irregularities, and nourish the body. The phytochemicals of the root combined with Maca's full array of vitamins makes the Maca plant one of the most powerful medicinal plants on earth. Chemical analyses of this brain-powering root reveal an astonishing profile of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, sterols, fatty acids, and glucosinates.