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Our Gelatinized Maca products are heated to high temperatures in order to remove all starch content within the root. It takes 4 kg of Gelatinzied Maca all-gelatinized-maca-products.jpgPowder to make 1 kg of Gelatinized Maca (a 4:1 ratio). This makes Gelatinized Maca more concentrated. At the same time, however, the high heat destroys all the enzymes and alters some of the important nutrients including glucosinolates. We recommend Gelatinized Maca for anyone with a sensitive stomach as the absence of starch makes it easy to digest.

Thats interesting eh from The Maca Team.

I suspected it would remove SOME but not ALL enzymes.. I wonder how important a role the enzymes play in it. Clearly besides the point when even the gelatinised versions have a good rep and help people but makes you wonder what MORE could be acheived by consuming the raw.

How the heck did the indigenous people consume it anyway? I read for the most part it was cooked up in some way aka gelatinised?

I read that too Ella from themacateam and also read that the indigenous people always cooked it before eating. I don't think it's really meant to be eaten raw.
I always read this from various people when I come across posts on the differences between raw and gelatinized:
"Raw maca flour (harina de maca) is an inexpensive Peruvian cooking flour, not a designer supplement. Maca is a fiber-rich vegetable, being nearly 25% fiber (oligosaccahrides, cellulose, lignins) by weight. Maca is always cooked in Peru because of these fibers, and because it contains goitrogens (glucosinolate), which can cause stomach cramps, indigestion, and potential thyroid / hormonal issues. The goitrogens also have some anti-nutritive effects. All of this is neutralized by cooking - and for this reason in Peru maca has always been cooked. To reap the full benefits of maca, it should be part of the diet, and it should be cooked. Gelatinized maca does this beautifully, rendering a slightly concentrated, easily digestible supplement best suited for incorporation into the diet in therapeutically significant amounts."