GreenMachineX
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Looks like Maca can reduce hemoglobin and hematocrit when elevated. Any chance it’ll reduce elevated levels in TRT induced erythrocytosis?
“Ovariectomized rats showed significant (P<0.05) increase in red blood cells (RBC) count with administration of Maca-GO (Tables (Tables3a3a and and3b),3b), resulting in significant (P<0.05) lowering RBC to the level observed in rats with ovaries intact. This was accompanied by significant (P<0.05) reduction in hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, while concentration of both hemoglobin in red cells and total serum Fe significantly increased as a result of Maca-Go intake by ovariectomized rats only, while in rats with intact ovaries, contents of serum Fe was significantly (P<0.05) reduced. All levels recorded in blood morphology were within ranges considered as physiologically-normal for rats according to Altman & Dittmer (30) and Saitoch et al. (31).”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...4/#!po=64.6067
“Black maca and, in smaller proportions, red maca reduced hemoglobin levels only in highlanders with abnormally high hemoglobin levels; neither variety of maca reduced hemoglobin levels in lowlanders.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27548190/
“Ovariectomized rats showed significant (P<0.05) increase in red blood cells (RBC) count with administration of Maca-GO (Tables (Tables3a3a and and3b),3b), resulting in significant (P<0.05) lowering RBC to the level observed in rats with ovaries intact. This was accompanied by significant (P<0.05) reduction in hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, while concentration of both hemoglobin in red cells and total serum Fe significantly increased as a result of Maca-Go intake by ovariectomized rats only, while in rats with intact ovaries, contents of serum Fe was significantly (P<0.05) reduced. All levels recorded in blood morphology were within ranges considered as physiologically-normal for rats according to Altman & Dittmer (30) and Saitoch et al. (31).”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...4/#!po=64.6067
“Black maca and, in smaller proportions, red maca reduced hemoglobin levels only in highlanders with abnormally high hemoglobin levels; neither variety of maca reduced hemoglobin levels in lowlanders.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27548190/
