for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. Also known as Lepidium meyenii, maca root is a cruciferous vegetable, meaning it’s related to cabbage, watercress and broccoli. Though maca comes ...

Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a perennial ground cover that grows high in the Andes under very harsh conditions where few plants can survive. Ancient Andean shepherds ate the fleshy root (similar to ...