I bought this for hormone balancing and within two days, I gained weight with no rhyme or reason. Upon researching the product further online (looking up the words "maca, weight gain") apparently maca is used for people LOOKING to gain weight. While this isn't a dealbreaker for all, it is a dealbreaker for me so I never got to explore the hormone balancing effects of this product since I threw it away after 3 days (and lost the weight almost immediately).