26-06-2012, 18:02
I linked a good review of the scientific literature on maca here:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=48866#pid48866
Outside the scientific literature, web sites say maca increases DHEA. That's a cheap claim to make, because free DHEA levels are so low they can't be measured. But I thought it's easy enough to check. I took 6,000 - 7,000 mg of maca. If it really increases DHEA, all the DHEA should become testosterone, regardless of the stalling limit. It did cause androgen symptoms and insomnia, but I'm still not sure I was really above the stalling limit.
Go to the last page of my program thread, and type "maca AND DHEA" in the "Search Thread" box below the last post. You should find most of what I wrote on it.
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=48866#pid48866
Outside the scientific literature, web sites say maca increases DHEA. That's a cheap claim to make, because free DHEA levels are so low they can't be measured. But I thought it's easy enough to check. I took 6,000 - 7,000 mg of maca. If it really increases DHEA, all the DHEA should become testosterone, regardless of the stalling limit. It did cause androgen symptoms and insomnia, but I'm still not sure I was really above the stalling limit.
Go to the last page of my program thread, and type "maca AND DHEA" in the "Search Thread" box below the last post. You should find most of what I wrote on it.