100:1, tongkat ali
10 mg in the capsule, labelled as equivalent to about 1,000 mg of dry tongkat ali powder. The ratio says how concentrated the extract is.
Buyer’s guide
Choosing A Male Vitality Supplement: Seven Checks Before You Buy
Quick answer
Choose a male vitality supplement by reading the bottle, not the advert: claims that stop at ‘supports’, an amount on every row, extract ratios you can convert, research you can check by population, a caution to take to your prescriber, a lot number, and a refund window long enough to judge it.
Each check below shows what to look for and how AlphaSteel reads on it.
The checklist
The seven checks at a glance
Seven checks, each one answerable from the bottle or the seller’s terms.
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The claim
Stops at ‘supports’.
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The amounts
A figure on every row.
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The ratios
Converted to what is in the capsule.
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The research
Read by who was studied.
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Your medication
One named interaction to raise.
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The batch
Seal, lot and a seller who can match them.
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The seller
A refund window long enough to judge.
Check 1
Check 1: the claim on the front
The front label is the fastest filter on the shelf.
Lines that stay inside the rules
- Supports energy and performance.
- Supports male vitality.
- Supports confidence and performance.
Lines that should end the search
- Treats, cures or prevents a named condition.
- ‘Clinically proven’, with no trial of the product itself.
- Results overnight, or on the first dose.
- A promised number: a hormone level, a size, a percentage.
The FDA’s rule on structure/function claims is why ‘supports’ appears on every legitimate label in the category.
Check 2
Check 2: printed amounts, not a blend total
A figure on every row is the difference between a label you can check and one you have to trust.
| What the panel shows | What you can work out | AlphaSteel |
|---|---|---|
| An amount on every row | How much of each ingredient a serving carries, and how that compares with the research | Seven rows: 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 10 and 8 mg |
| A proprietary blend total | Only the combined weight; any one ingredient could be most of it or a trace | No blend on this panel |
| Names with no amounts | What is in it, but not how much | Every row carries a figure |
Do the sum
Add the rows and AlphaSteel’s seven come to 118 mg per two-capsule serving: simple arithmetic on the printed figures.
Check 3
Check 3: extract ratios, converted
Two rows on the AlphaSteel panel are extracts, and one is a mineral compound.
10:1, horny goat weed
8 mg in the capsule, labelled as equal to about 80 mg of dry horny goat weed powder.
Chelate, boron
20 mg of boron amino acid chelate: the compound weight. The adult upper limit of 20 mg a day in the NIH boron fact sheet is set for the elemental boron inside it.
What a ratio can and cannot tell you
The NIH background on botanical supplements explains how extracts are made. A ratio helps compare two products, but a study’s amount is only comparable with a label’s if you know which form the study used: raw powder, a standardised extract or a concentrate. Write down both numbers and compare like with like.
Check 4
Check 4: the research, by population
The same ingredient can be studied in very different people. Read the second column first.
| Ingredient and study | Who was studied | How long | What was measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saw palmetto, CAMUS | 369 men aged 45 or older with urinary symptoms | 72 weeks | Symptom scores; no better than placebo |
| Tongkat ali, Leitão 2021 | 45 men around 47 with androgen deficiency of aging | 6 months | Erectile function and hormone levels, with and without training |
| Tongkat ali, Talbott 2013 | 63 moderately stressed adults, 32 men and 31 women | 4 weeks | Mood-state scores and salivary cortisol |
| Boron, Ferrando 1993 | 19 male bodybuilders aged 20 to 27 | 7 weeks | Hormone levels, lean mass and strength; no effect of boron |
| Wild yam, Komesaroff 2001 | 23 healthy menopausal women, using a cream | 3 months | Hormones, lipids and symptoms; no change |
The rule to read by
A result belongs to its population. A finding in men with a diagnosis is not a finding in healthy men, and a cream tested in women says nothing about a capsule taken by men.
Check 5
Check 5: your medication
The one check that is about you rather than the bottle.
The named interaction
Horny goat weed's flavonoids inhibit PDE5 in laboratory assays, the enzyme erectile-dysfunction prescriptions act on. Anyone taking one of those, or a nitrate for the heart, should raise AlphaSteel with the prescriber before the first capsule. The enzyme finding is from a laboratory assay (Dell’Agli 2008).
Any prescription
The AlphaSteel label asks anyone with a known medical condition to consult a physician before using this or any dietary supplement. Take the bottle to that conversation, not a screenshot of an advert.
Age and pregnancy
For adults 18 and over. The label adds pregnant or nursing mothers to its caution.
Check 6
Check 6: the batch and the seal
NCCIH’s guide to using supplements wisely covers the same ground for any product; the batch check applies it to AlphaSteel.
- An intact safety seal.
- A lot and best-before date on the base.
- A panel that matches the seller’s page.
- A seller who can match a lot to an order.
Why it matters in this category
In FDA warnings from 2007 to 2016, 45.5% of 776 adulterated supplements were sold for sexual enhancement (Tucker 2018). Check any product’s name against the FDA list before you buy.
Check 7
Check 7: the seller’s terms
The last check is about the sale, not the capsule.
| Term | What to look for | AlphaSteel on this website |
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| Refund window | Long enough to cover the wait buyers describe | 60 days from purchase; buyers describe 4 to 8 weeks |
| How to claim | A named route and a returns address | Order support by phone with the order ID; returns to New York |
| Return postage | Who pays it | The buyer, by a tracked service |
| Refund timing | A stated number of days | 3–5 business days after the return is credited, then 5–10 days on the card |
| Price | Shown in full before payment | Shown on the secure checkout with any shipping, before card details |
| Shipping | Where it ships from, stated up front | The United States, unless the checkout says otherwise |
The scorecard
AlphaSteel against the seven checks
The same seven checks, applied to one label, with the result stated plainly.
AlphaSteel, check by check
| The claim | Within ‘supports’ wording on all three lines |
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| Printed amounts | A figure on every row; 118 mg in all |
| Extract ratios | Converted on the label to dry-powder equivalents |
| Research | Single-ingredient studies, mostly at larger amounts and in specific groups; no trial of the finished capsule is cited |
| Medication | One named interaction to raise: PDE5 prescriptions and nitrates |
| Batch | Lot on the base; the certificate reference is a filing reference |
| Seller | 60 days from purchase, a named refund route and a returns address |
| Overall | Strong on transparency, modest on amounts: a label you can read in full, with every figure small beside the research. |
Reading the scorecard
Six of the seven checks come out clean. The fourth is the honest weak point: the research on these ingredients mostly used larger amounts, in groups that may not include you. A buyer who wants a label that matches trial amounts row for row will not find it here, and should know that before the first order.
The pricing page sets out the packs; the two-bottle pack runs the length of the 60-day guarantee.
Questions
Choosing a supplement: questions
What is the single most useful check?
The panel. A label that prints an amount on every row lets you answer most of the other questions yourself; a blend total leaves you trusting the front of the box.
How long should a trial of any supplement last?
Long enough to cover the wait other buyers describe, inside a refund window: for AlphaSteel, 4 to 8 weeks against 60 days from purchase.
Who writes this
Who wrote this checklist
This checklist is written and reviewed by the Alphaesteel Editorial Desk as a team, from primary sources: the printed label for every AlphaSteel figure, the PubMed record for every study, the government page for every rule.
We earn when you buy. Alphaesteel is the USA Authorized AlphaSteel Retailer and makes money on orders placed through this website’s checkout, which is why the weak points are printed as plainly as the strong ones. Corrections: [email protected].
Sources
Sources cited in this checklist
- Barry MJ, Meleth S, Lee JY, Kreder KJ, Avins AL, Nickel JC, et al. Effect of increasing doses of saw palmetto extract on lower urinary tract symptoms: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2011;306(12):1344-51. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1364 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21954478/
- Komesaroff PA, Black CV, Cable V, Sudhir K. Effects of wild yam extract on menopausal symptoms, lipids and sex hormones in healthy menopausal women. Climacteric. 2001;4(2):144-50. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11428178/
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Boron: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Boron-HealthProfessional/
- Ferrando AA, Green NR. The effect of boron supplementation on lean body mass, plasma testosterone levels, and strength in male bodybuilders. Int J Sport Nutr. 1993;3(2):140-9. doi:10.1123/ijsn.3.2.140 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8508192/
- Talbott SM, Talbott JA, George A, Pugh M. Effect of Tongkat Ali on stress hormones and psychological mood state in moderately stressed subjects. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2013;10(1):28. doi:10.1186/1550-2783-10-28 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23705671/
- Leitão AE, Vieira MCS, Pelegrini A, da Silva EL, Guimarães ACA. A 6-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial to evaluate the effect of Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali) and concurrent training on erectile function and testosterone levels in androgen deficiency of aging males (ADAM). Maturitas. 2021;145:78-85. doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.12.002 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33541567/
- Dell'Agli M, Galli GV, Dal Cero E, Belluti F, Matera R, Zironi E, et al. Potent inhibition of human phosphodiesterase-5 by icariin derivatives. J Nat Prod. 2008;71(9):1513-7. doi:10.1021/np800049y https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18778098/
- Tucker J, Fischer T, Upjohn L, Mazzera D, Kumar M. Unapproved Pharmaceutical Ingredients Included in Dietary Supplements Associated With US Food and Drug Administration Warnings. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(6):e183337. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3337 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30646238/
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sexual Enhancement and Energy Product Notifications. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/medication-health-fraud-notifications/sexual-enhancement-and-energy-product-notifications
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Using Dietary Supplements Wisely. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/using-dietary-supplements-wisely
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Botanical Dietary Supplements: Background Information. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/BotanicalBackground-Consumer/
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Structure/Function Claims. https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/structurefunction-claims
Official website
Run the seven checks on AlphaSteel, then order
Every amount is printed, the claims stop at ‘supports’, and every pack carries the 60-day money-back guarantee from purchase.
Price shown at checkout · 60-day money-back guarantee from purchase · lot ALP-26/AL-4579