Comment · Sun, May 18, 2025 · ND Owner
Has anyone else taken the 10% Tongkat Ali for years?
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Marino4K · 9 points
I’m just wondering if I’m doing damage to myself by taking the 10% extract for going on two years now if not longer. I take 5 on 2 off and have done that for the entire time.
I briefly came off it during a period like a three week time span where funds were tight and my libido and gym performance tanked so I’m a little worried at this point at being stuck in a place where I basically have no choice but to take it.
I take it daily with Pregnolone, D3K2, Zinc, C3G, Black Ginger, and Magnesium if that makes a difference.
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boxknows · 3 points
there is endless literature supporting the fact tongat ali raises testosterone levels… now as much as TRT ? Of course not lol, but it raised my levels about 100 points in 2-3 months and i was only taking it 3-4 times a week along with ND microzinc
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Actually... Lance Dreher, former two time Mr. Universe and Mr USA, is on our scientific advisory board. He has a PhD in nutritional counseling, and works with baby boomers to keep their health up. I've been on his radio show a few times now. He was on TRT, using the pellets. He heard me taking about Tongkat Ali on one of his shows, and got interested. He always thought it was just BS, so he never tried it. However, because I was talking so highly of it, and explaining the mechanisms, he decided to give it a shot. It was coming up to time for him to get new TRT pellets put in, and he has regular blood testing for that, so he would normally be around the 200-300 ng/DL level at that point for free testosterone, and around 20-30 ng/DL for free testosterone. He started taking our 10% Tongkat Ali and our Cistamax. Then he went into the doctor to get blood testing done in preparation for the new TRT pellets being put in. When his doctor came in to discuss his results, he was like WTF are you on?!? His total testosterone was 2,026 ng/DL and his free testosterone was 263 ng/DL! He had never been anywhere near those numbers on TRT, and his doc was like no way am I putting more pellets in you. You don't need them. So Tongkat can absolutely raise you as much as TRT for some people.