Hey guys, Paul from UltimateFatBurner.com here and today we're asking the question,
"are testosterone boosters safe?"
And of course, we're talking about the legal testostrone
boosters you see all over the place, not anabolic steroids.
I'll have the answer for you in just a couple of seconds, stick around,
don't you dare go anywhere!
Alright, welcome back thanks for sticking around.
OK, so "are testosterone boosters safe?"
Well, to answer to that question we need to define exactly what it is that we asking here.
Are we asking whether the ingredients themselves - that are in these products - are safe and free of side effects, or are
we asking whether the effects that these ingredients - or these products - have on our body's natural hormonal
balance is safe?
To make life simple, I'm going to answer both questions.
Let's start with the ingredients themselves.
The herbal derivatives and plant based ingredients that you normally find in natural testosterone
boosters are all pretty safe compounds with relatively
few side effects.
Some examples of common ingredients include Testofen and Testosurge - both of which are
derived from the Fenugreek plant.
Tribulus terrestris, another commmon ingredient, is an annual plant, and Tongkat
Ali, also known as longjack or Eurycoma longifolia is a flowering plant.
KSM-66, a fairly new ingredient making its way into natural test bosters is derived from
a herb known as Ashwagandha.
Now obviously, there are other ingredients in these type of products, like zinc monomethionine
and various vitamins, but the herbal ones I mentioned are pretty
standard.
And they're pretty safe compounds - not really anything to worry about.
Now let's get to the second part of this question.
When discussing the safety of these supplements many guys are worried that
a) taking a natural testosterone booster might impact their body's hormonal levels to the
point where they have to worry about taking an estrogen blocker...
Or...
b) that their body's ability to manufacture testosterone on its own may be compromised
after completing a cycle with a natural test booster.
Here's the good news; you don't have to worry about either of these issues with a natural
testosterone boosting supplement.
Why?
Well, For the few herbal supplements that actually have some supporting clinical evidence
to show that they elevate testosterone levels, they don't elevate it very much - and
certainly not to the super-physiological levels that anabolic steroids
do.
In other words, natural test boosters might boost your test levels a few points here and
there, but they'll still be very much within the normal range.
So these "issues" are not anything you have to worry about.
If there is an issue with safety with testosterone boosters, it's the same one all consumers
face when they buy any nutritional supplement - and that is... is
what's on the label, actually what's in the bottle?
Did you know, for example, that over half of the major drug recalls in the U.S. were
for dietary supplements that contained illegal drugs?
Want to take a guess at the three most popular supplement types likely to be contaminated?
Sexual enhancement aids, weight-loss products, and you guessed it... body-building supplements.
So if there's a danger with these products, it's one you can't do much about... contamination.
And contamination doesn't necessarily have to be limited to drugs.
As an example, a lawsuit was recently filed against the
makers of KSM-66 ashwaganhda - a supplement I've mentioned in this video already - because it
contains undeclared milk allergens, potentially posing a serious public health
risk.
The best advice I can give you here is buy brand name products where at least you have
some recourse should contamination be an issue.
You also may want to check out web sites like ConsumerLabs.com.
They check to see if what's on what's on the label is what's in the bottle.
OK, guys that's a wrap.
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