Maca is one of my favorite adaptogens and you’ll often find it in my morning dandelion coffee. While adaptogens aren’t a magical cure-all, there’s a right way to use them for best results. This maca milk recipe is a delicious way to balance hormones and harness the power of adaptogens in your life!
Unhappy Hormones
Unbalanced hormones can cause a whole host of issues. Antibiotics, birth control, stressful schedules, and exposure to toxins in our air and water can all make for some unhappy hormones. Here’s a list of some of the most common symptoms of hormone imbalance:
- Facial hair
- low or no sex drive
- mood swings
- blood sugar crashes
- chronic or extreme fatigue
- chronic yeast infections
- hypothyroidism
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
As someone who is struggling with hormone balance myself, I totally get it. It’s frustrating and messy, and sometimes feels overwhelming. While balancing hormones takes concentrated time and effort, I want to be sure that I’m implementing methods into my life that are doable, effective, totally not complicated.
Hormone balancing maca milk
Maca is an adaptogen herb, supports the adrenal glands and helps balance hormones. Cinnamon adds flavor to the recipe and helps balance blood sugar levels in the body. I’ve finished the recipe off with some raw honey for a hint of sweetness without throwing the body through a hormonal loop like sugar does. Here’s the maca I use.
Hormone balancing maca milk
Ingredients
- 1 tsp maca root powder
- 1 drop cinnamon essential oil
- 1 cup coconut or almond milk
- 1/4 cup filtered water (optional)
- 1 tsp raw honey
Instructions
- Blend together all of the ingredients until smooth, about 20 seconds. I found that the milk on it's own was too thick, so I thinned it with some water, but that's up to you.
- Pour into your favorite mug and sip away!
- *Note - I really tried to make this work with cinnamon powder or a cinnamon stick infusion, but it just wasn't happening. The honey helps to disperse the essential oils, as does the fat in the coconut milk to prevent mucus membrane irritation.