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Many postmenopausal women who no longer have any hot flashes at all still take Royal Maca to help with vaginal health (adequate lubrication and strength of vaginal walls), sleep, hair growth, libido, and bone strength.  If bone strength is a concern, you would actively seek to increase your dosage as high as you can go without causing side effects, such as increased hot flashes, insomnia, nervousness, etc.  Maca root has been shown to increase tissue level of Igf (insulin growth factor), so essential to building bone, growing hair, nails, and increasing collagen in the skin, making it look younger.

Here is a question posed by a current WWB customer and an response from Dr. Viana Muller, President & Co-founder of Whole World Botanicals

I love the product! It has helped me to pretty much eliminate hot flashes from my life, and I never get night sweats anymore. I have not had a period in 10 years and have been taking 2 capsules daily.  How do I determine if/when to reduce or increase the number of pills that I take daily?  If I am taking too much, would I notice an increase in hot flashes?

Thanks, Sandra

Thank you so much for answering and I am so pleased that Royal Maca is working so well for you.  You could try increasing your dosage to 3 capsules daily to see if this amount will work even better than the 2 a day.  You can keep whatever dosage is working for you indefinitely.  If you want to experiment and stop taking Royal Maca all together, you can also do that, but since you apparently still have an occasional hot flash, it sounds like you still need the support.  Many postmenopausal women who no longer have any hot flashes at all still take Royal Maca to help with vaginal health, sleep, hair growth, libido, and bone strength.  If bone strength is a concern, you would actively seek to increase your dosage as high as you can go without causing side effects, such as increased hot flashes, insomnia, nervousness, etc.  Believe me, you will know a “side effect” from over-dosage if that should happen to you!

Please feel free to write whenever you have a question.

Very best,

Viana Muller, Ph.D.

Whole World Botanicals