Chris Kilham is widely known for his sustainability work with maca and the native people of the Peruvian Highlands, where maca is grown. Maca has been cultivated as a life-sustaining substance in the Andes for 2000 years. It is legendary for delivering energy, mental clarity, and enhancing libido.

This ambitious project is a long term engagement for Naturex and demonstrates its commitment to responsible corporate citizenship and to sustainable development. Naturex owes its strength to an expert and dynamic team of men and women inspired by the same spirit of solidarity. See Maca Expedition Photos for a collection of images shot in the Peruvian Andes, maca country.

A turnip-shaped vegetable from the mustard family found in Peru, maca contains powerful sex-enhancing substances that occur nowhere else in nature. This super food can be added to blender drinks, cookies, pancakes and other foods. A quality concentrated extract will keep you good to go all day long.

MACA STORIES & INFO:

Maca Botanical Sheet, by Chris Kilham

Maca: Peruvian Power Plant, by Chris Kilham

Maca & Sex, by Chris Kilham

MACA IN THE MEDIA:

Maca, a highly popular plant from the Peruvian Andes, has received a great deal of media, in magazines, on radio, and as the subject of various TV documentaries. Maca is a highly important plant to the people of the central highlands in Peru. We created a special page called Maca in the Media that lists most of our maca stories and has hot links to each. Below are a few of our favorite stories:

On a Remote Path to Cures
The New York Times, by Andrew Downie
Part David Attenborough, part Indiana Jones, Mr. Kilham, an ethnobotanist from Massachusetts who calls himself the Medicine Hunter, has scoured remote jungles and highlands for three decades for plants, oils and extracts that can heal.

A Medicine Hunter in Peru
The New York Times, by Jennifer Szymasek
Here in Ninacaca, Peru, where Kilham traveled on a recent visit, maca holds a special place in the culture. In fact, it was once considered so valuable that people used it to pay their taxes to the Spanish Conquistadores.

Peruvian ‘Hot Plant’ May Boost Libido
CNN Health News, with Kyra Phillips and Elizabeth Cohen
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen travels to the Peruvian Highlands with Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham to investigate Maca, an aphrodisiac in Peru that may be the solution for women with a low sex drive.

Hunting for Natural Medicine: Maca Root to Energize
Fox News TV Special, with Chris Kilham
Grown in the Andes and traditionally harvested by the Inca, maca has gained worldwide popularity for its energizing and sex-enhancing properties. Includes interviews with top maca experts, as well as footage from Peru featuring shamanic rituals, the planting and harvesting of maca and a fantastic maca festival.

Libido Boosting Plants
ABC Good Morning America, with Tonya Rivero
The Medicine Hunter tracks down plants that help boost your sex drive.

Maca’s Inner Secrets
Fox News, by Chris Kilham
Maca, a humble plant from high in the Peruvian Andes, is helping people all over the world to get their mojo going.

Sex: Myths, Lies and Straight Talk
ABC 20/20, with Tim Johnson, MD
In a revealing ABC 20/20 interview with medical correspondent Tim Johnson, MD, Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, Explorer in Residence at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, argues for the efficacy of natural plant-based aphrodisiacs.

Modern Day Medicine Man
ABC Good Morning America, with Rob Simmelkjaer
Discussing his unique career, Kilham notes how lucky he is to be able to combine his love of travel and the discovery of exotic herbal medicines.