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Lepidium meyeniiFinding

Lepidium meyenii has no detected effect on total cholesterol (TC)

no difference foundLimited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Table 4 which summarizes lipid and mineral metabolism data, shows that the overall effect of Maca-GO on Cholesterol, Triglycerides and HDL in relation to overall Placebo effect was statistically not significant (P>0.05).”
Quoted verbatim from Hormone-Balancing Effect of Pre-Gelatinized Organic Maca (Lepidium peruvianum Chacon): (III) Clinical responses of early-postmenopausal women to Maca in double blind, randomized, Placebo-controlled, crossover configuration, outpatient study.
This finding among the 116 findings on its endpoint

Lepidium meyenii

Total cholesterol (TC)

no difference found

Who
Early-postmenopausal Caucasian women aged 49 to 58 years (E2 under 40 pg/mL, FSH over 30 IU/mL), randomised crossover of placebo and Maca-GO sequences; overall effect across both sequences
Dose studied
Two 500 mg capsules twice daily with meals, total 2 g/day, for two months in the maca period

Limited evidencePMID 23675006 · 2006

02 · The study

Study
crossover
Duration
2 months

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limitedthis finding
  • very limited
  • insufficient

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M701Y30H3ZNN0NQCYK47ZF4C