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A light shines under the closed door of a radiology suite, down a darkened hallway deep inside the University Medical Center in Bern, Switzerland. Outside the building, under the glow of a fluorescent street lamp, an empty hearse waits in the loading dock. Tonight the local undertaker is earning some extra money making a special delivery. Entering the radiology room through a back door, he gently deposits a body—double-wrapped inside a blue bag—on the sliding bed of a full-body scanner.

I have a sex problem—it's called parenthood. I wouldn't trade being a dad for anything in the world, mind you, but 3-year-old son Matthew is 37 pounds of pure energy. A day with him and my wife and I are too drained to, well, get romantic on school nights. So when I heard about maca, a new dietary supplement touted as "nature's Viagra," I had to try it.