Maca Root (powder)

Hi
I've been looking at websites that sell Maca products and reading customer reviews.
Some say the gelatinized version is best.
Some say maca should never be used raw but should be used only in cooking like the native people originally used it.
My purpose in buying it is to try to replace coffee and the "pick me up" it provides in the morning.
If you've used it in any form, please provide comments.
Thank you

Gonk - this is part of a reviewer's comments from Amazon.com
regarding the maca powder that sells for about $17 for 2 lbs.
There is a lot more info at the site. Your purchase should not go to waste

If you do buy this product, do so with the intent of cooking with it as is done in Peru. There are many people these days telling you to eat it raw, to glean the mood, stamina, and sexual benefits which Andean people have known for thousands of years. Yet these merchants never mention how the plant has always been prepared - cooked - one of one most crucial aspects of it's identity. Why argue from antiquity about the health benefits, while ignoring the food's ethnobotany? It's a mix of mistaken understanding, and also because there's a lot of profit in this highly marked-up culinary flour.

Thanks, InSoFla
I looked at their website and requested a sample.
Do you find it gives you energy?
I am trying to find something to replace coffee.

ItsAlwaysSomething said...
Hi
I've been looking at websites that sell Maca products and reading customer reviews. Some say the gelatinized version is best.
Some say maca should never be used raw but should be used only in cooking like the native people originally used it. My purpose in buying it is to try to replace coffee and the "pick me up" it provides in the morning. If you've used it in any form, please provide comments.
Thank you

Hey! im kinda new to this site so go easy on me lol, I started taking Maca root capsules 1 week ago, Ive been taking 2 a day and ive been doing.