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Comment · Tue, February 15, 2022 · ND Owner

Cistanche vs Shilajit as test booster?

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PachoCali · 16 points

My bloodwork showed that my testosterone has gone to the lower end at 391 ng/L.

I have already started taking vitamin D (also tested), ashwagandha and boron, which were available locally. I will be ordering Tongkat Ali 10% from ND. I have some budget left for either Cistanche or Shilajit. I am leaning more towards Cistanche for the testosterone, but I would love to hear some opinions.

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DisturbedBurger · 4 points

Regarding tribulus specifically, we are already working on our own version of it. You should see us release one this year.

Omg 😁😍. Until then our only options for that is the BS 40%/60%/90% chinese tribulus extracts, or having to call your bank about a transaction from a British website for Tribestan.

There's also a trademarked extract of tribulus alatus called "Testafuranol", which I can't find anywhere except one bulk distributor that can't even reply to a price inquiry email.

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner

There's so much fake shit out there, it is insane. Double Wood's shit is ridiculous. 95% turkesterone? Sure, Jan... It's totally fucking fake. 95% turkesterone doesn't exist. We just tested a bunch of "90% beta ecdysterone" on the market, and none of them had even close to that. One of them had 1.6%!!! So their 90% extract only had 1.6% in it. The highest we have found so far on the market is 30%, and that product also claimed to be a 90%. It's just lies and fraud throughout the whole industry! I scream and my monitor every day looking at these brands on Amazon. Fucking Toniq is the worst. Complete fraud. I kind of want to report them to the FTC. Look at their lion's mane... "18,000mg per serving"

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