20-01-2012, 17:50
Yes, Pansy-Mae, thank you for the link,
I did find two publications supporting effects that could be called adaptogenic: one suggesting maca increases DHEA only if it's too low, and one showing it reverses the effects of an artificial increase of testosterone:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=42189#pid42189
For me, that's not enough to prove that it would normalize all the hormones after external disturbance. I do admit there are a lot of publications that found no change in normal hormone levels after taking maca:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=32411#pid32411
This supports that at least the flip side of the definition of an adaptogen, which requires that it does not disturb normal hormone levels, is well documented.
I did find two publications supporting effects that could be called adaptogenic: one suggesting maca increases DHEA only if it's too low, and one showing it reverses the effects of an artificial increase of testosterone:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=42189#pid42189
For me, that's not enough to prove that it would normalize all the hormones after external disturbance. I do admit there are a lot of publications that found no change in normal hormone levels after taking maca:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=32411#pid32411
This supports that at least the flip side of the definition of an adaptogen, which requires that it does not disturb normal hormone levels, is well documented.