Why Testosterone Boosters Are A Waste of Money

The supplement industry is notoriously suspect. Whether it is the selling of protein-powders spiked with saw-dust, or the selling of pre-workouts that contain meth-like compounds, both of which only to be taken off the shelf by the FDA by the time it is too late, the supplement industry is the economic wild-west — as is the fitness industry in general. This unregulated industry has an extensive track record of getting away with selling useless and sometimes dangerous products.

Where a lot of this trouble derives from, is from the selling of produces that are not substantiated by evidence, or, by selling products which are substantiated by evidence, but not at doses that are anywhere near being effective. In both cases, supplement companies spend the majority of their money on marketing their products, by making claims for them that supersede reasonable expectations as to what one should expect from ingesting a supplement.

In the former group, a predominant form of supplements that are big money makers are “natural” testosterone boosters. That is to say, all of the major testosterone boosters are essentially a big waste of money. Yet, these supplements make some of the biggest claims for themselves within the supplement industry. These big claims — some of which include steroid-level progress (i.e. huge increases in strength, muscle mass…