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UPDATE 2/28/14i GOT my period again. thats 3 months in a row. I can't believe its becoming regular without the painful side effects of birth-control. 12/13/13 - 12/19, 1/23/14 - 1/29/14 42 days apart, 2/28/14 37 days apart. I even have a little PMS. Its just 1 day I feel a little sad. Like I cry at corny things. But that's it. I'm off maca for a week since i got my period. I'm gonna start up when its over. I can't believe that I had to go through all those years of bleeding and birth-control and there was something out there that works and i've never felt better. Its really a shame.I am 35, overweight, I am very lazy, I have depression, mood swings, my hormones are all over the place, I can go months even years without a period. I never really feel like doing anything. No energy, no endurance, no sex drive! I have diabetes and PCOS. I am a recovering drug addict. Despite years of trying I can't seem to get pregnant. I heard about MACA and decided to give it a try. The 1st day I tried it I was amazed, I felt great, within minutes I had energy, and it lasted all day. I had a get up and go feeling, focused and awake. After a few days all the great results continued but I started to spot a little. I read up on it and it said it might happen it just means your body is getting in balance and your hormones are getting regulated. I was amazed. I can't believe its already working. Its been 2 weeks now and I still feel amazing. I'm getting more stuff done, I feel positive and more motivated to get healthier and in shape. I've been eating better, working out a little and lost some weight. I feel like my body is finally working the way it is suppose to. I have 1 teaspoon twice a day. 1 teaspoon is equal to 3000mg - 3g of maca. The spotting stopped for a few days and now it started again. I got my period last month (before I started taking maca) and most of the time I won't get it again for a few months or longer but If the maca works I should be getting it sometime in the next week. I will update if i do. One more thing, my husband and I had sex a few days ago and I don't know if its the maca getting my body back to normal but i had the most intense, amazing O of my life! WOW!UPDATE*** 1-23-14 I got my period today. Two months in a row. I had my period since 10yrs old. Since then its been off. By 20 I was bleeding everyday for 2 years, after that no period for 2 years. I've tried provera, birth control and of course would get it but it would last months and it was extremely painful and I was very weak from it. If I didn't take BC I wouldn't get my period most of the time. And believe me after bleeding like that i didn't care if i got it or not but I knew without a period i couldn't get pregnant. 2012 I lost 50 pounds due to drug addiction, 2013 FEB I got clean and gained 40 back but To my surprise i got my period in MARCH 2013 And 3 times since then, very painful and long. Sometimes bleeding through a tampon & a pad within an hour. But its better than nothing. So without Maca I got my period 3 times this year, and the last time was Dec 2013, with maca I got it 2 months in a row. So I really believe this stuff works. And I have no negative side effects what so ever. I have better mood, positive energy, I feel happy and smile more, my mood swings are 95% better. I feel my age instead of 99 yrs old.I don't know about weight gain with Maca Since I've been on it I've lost 13 pounds. Not just from Maca I replace 1-2 meals with a green protein shake but like I said I take 2 tsp a day of maca. And so far no weight gain just loss.I will keep updating! I am so excited!Maca Butter1 tbs Honey1 teaspoon MacaMIX until creamyMaca Hot Chocola-tea1 teaspoon macaMix with boiling hot waterAdd tea bag - let stand 5 minutesRemove tea bagAdd hot chocolate - (I use Swiss miss)stevia & 1 teaspoon honeySO GOOD

I mostly ordered this to see if it would give me an energy boost. I work long hours from home and often find myself waking up ON my computer sometimes. ha ha. If it also added a little something to libido or (as I have heard) to my hips I wouldn't mind.The package arrived a little late, only because of Polar Vortex related things and such. *sigh* But once I got it I wanted to try it right away. I was nervous because I kept seeing reviews that said there was an awful taste...Right away the smell of the powder was enticing. It is sweet/nutty as described before. It reminds me of SOMETHING but I've still not yet been able to put my finger on it. But I enjoyed the scent. if you breathe in too much you can kind of smell a cooked smell, but otherwise it is a very sweet lovely smell.I've tried it two ways and my favorite is the first way I tried it. I make a vanilla chai latte with honey and heavy cream and I disolve the Maca in another glass of boiling water before adding it to my tea and then I stir it all together.The maca, once added to boiling water, has a starchy smell to it. It doesn't smell bad, but it is different than the powder while dry in the bag.THERE IS NO FLAVOR! Not really. It doesn't affect my tea at all in terms of taste. It may actually add a little something nice to it. But it is mild enough to say there isn't a flavor. I have also added it to a cold smoothie, but I prefer it hot and here is why:It doesn't have a flavor but it most certainly does have a texture.If you don't stir well it can get clumped up and it definitely is a bit sandy/gritty. It has texture. Dissolving it in a small amount of boiling water before stirring it into my tea tends to combat this for me. But if there is a little left at the bottom of my glass I will pour a swig of water into it and just gulp it down.I have noticed more alertness and energy and I've skipped my usual naps when I have taken the maca consistently over several days. This past menstrual cycle I didn't have my usual hormonal crazies in the days before. I was relatively balanced and not so irrationally emotional as I can be the days/day before my period starts. I don't know if that's correlated or not. Time will tell.So far I have nothing bad to say about this. No stomach aches, no bad taste. I will keep using it for the foreseeable future because I want to see if the things I am noticing are really from the maca and not just placebo or coincidence.