Does Maca cause internal heat?

Maca is a very natural food and also a medicine. It has high nutritional value and is loved by many people. Although it has high nutritional value, many people tend to ignore the side effects of maca. For example, some people often get angry after eating maca. People with this physique that is prone to getting angry should eat less maca. In addition, do not exceed 15 grams of maca a day. Eating too much will make the anger worse.

Maca Side Effects

Maca can easily cause internal heat, so it needs to be consumed in a certain amount

Maca can easily cause internal heat, which has been clinically proven. Therefore, people who are prone to internal heat should eat a small amount of maca. For people who are already suffering from internal heat, eating maca will aggravate the condition, so it is recommended to eat less or even not eat it.

Eating maca will aggravate the condition of getting angry

Experts suggest that eating too much maca can cause internal heat. You should not eat too much maca. It is generally recommended not to eat more than 15 grams a day. Eating too much can easily cause getting a sore throat and may not achieve the desired effect.

So what should you do if you get angry after eating maca?

Many people choose to eat foods or take medicines that reduce heat, such as Sanhuang tablets.

You can also use traditional Chinese medicine to treat internal heat, such as acupuncture, massage, etc. In fact, internal heat can be completely adjusted with diet. Everyone knows that bitter foods are the natural enemies of fire.

After getting a sore throat after eating maca, you can eat some bitter foods, such as bitter gourd, almonds, and bitter herbs. This is a good way to reduce the heat.

Of course, you can also drink some cooling tea, such as Kuding tea, buckwheat, kale, nasturtium, etc. You can also drink some honey or chrysanthemum tea.

You can drink some honey or chrysanthemum tea

Maca is not suitable for everyone

Although maca is a pure natural plant and consuming maca does little harm to the human body, this does not mean that maca is suitable for everyone.

Infants and young children

Although maca can be used as an energy supplement, another function of maca is to improve human abilities, which is not suitable for infants and young children because it may cause precocious puberty in children. From a plant perspective, infants and young children can eat fresh maca fruit, but health foods such as maca essence tablets are not recommended for infants and young children.

Breastfeeding women

Maca has the function of regulating and balancing endocrine, and endocrine disorders can lead to a series of consequences, such as rough skin, pigmentation and so on.

In order to regulate their endocrine system, many women take maca or maca essence tablets, which can effectively regulate the human endocrine system to keep it balanced, thereby achieving the effect of beauty and skin care.

Maca does have this effect, but it is not recommended for breastfeeding mothers to eat maca because maca can enhance desire, and whether the nutrients in maca will affect the milk composition of breastfeeding mothers.

There is currently no definitive research to prove whether the breast milk of breastfeeding mothers who eat maca will affect the fetus. In this case, for the sake of safety, it is not recommended to eat maca.