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'Peru is rich in amazing super foods. From the Amazon to Andes, I’ve discovered and sampled dozens of foods and herbs loaded with nutrient value and healing properties. 

Many of our readers already know of Maca (Lepidium meyenii), a Peruvian super food traditionally consumed as a warm breakfast drink, that’s been proven to have hormone enhancing and regulating properties. 

Peruvian purple corn (Spanish: maíz morado) has more polyphenol antioxidants than red wine. Muna (Minthostachys setosa), a type of Andean wild mint, is used for fighting off colds and flu, calming digestive upset and abdominal bloating, and as general health tonic.
Another common Peruvian super food is Camu camu.' 

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