Maca is a root vegetable from Peru & is also considered to be a medicinal herb. Maca looks like a little turnip or radish & has been used as a traditional staple food in Peru for centuries. Maca comes under the herbal classification of being adaptogenic. Adaptogens are herbs such as ginseng that are traditionally thought to help the body to adapt to increased or ambiguous stressors. Maca is a very densely nutritious food that contains high amounts of vitamins minerals enzymes & all t