Nor can you expect a maca latte to be any healthier

Nor can you expect a maca latte to be any healthier than coffee, he adds. In a 2017 paper, Heinrich argues that, after being used as food and medicine by Andean people for more than 2,000 years in Peru, local knowledge about any health benefits of maca has been "dragged out of context to fit the demands of a growing market for herbal remedies".