Last update: Sept. 12, 2015
Safe. Compatible.
Minimal risk for breastfeeding and infant.
We do not have alternatives for Maca since it is relatively safe.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM´s pediatricians and pharmacists, and are based on updated scientific publications.
It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it.
Your contribution is essential for this service to continue to exist. We need the generosity of people like you who believe in the benefits of breastfeeding.
Thank you for helping to protect and promote breastfeeding.
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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by La Liga de la Leche de México from Mexico
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A plant which is cultivated in the Andes mountain (Peru and Bolivia) that has a root with a high content in proteins and other nutrients (similar nutritional value to cereals) and secularly used as a source of food by andean population.
Popularly, enhancing of fertility as been attributed to it, but rigorous scientific proof is lacking.
Because it is a widely used tubercle as a food by the andean population with no known toxic effects, its consumption is regarded as compatible with breastfeeding.