Horse Mood: Your Questions

A men's supplement in gelatin capsules, 60 to a bottle, carrying the brand line Vitalifes. The panel gives a serving size of 2 capsules and 30 servings per container, and declares one Test Boost Proprietary Blend of 1,200 mg holding eight ingredients. The front says Male Enhancement and nothing else.

Eight ingredients inside one blend, in printed order: horny goat weed, tongkat ali, saw palmetto, nettle, wild yam, sarsaparilla, orchic substance and boron amino acid chelate. The other ingredients are two fillers, a disintegrant, two anti-stick agents, a flow agent and a gelatin capsule.

Because the label uses a proprietary blend. Under 21 CFR 101.36(c) a blend declares the total weight of its dietary ingredients and lists them in descending order of weight; individual amounts are not required. It is legal, common here, and why no dose on this bottle can be checked.

Upper bounds only. Descending order means the ingredient in position n cannot exceed the total divided by n. Horny goat weed could be up to 1,200 mg, tongkat ali up to 600 mg, boron up to 150 mg. Ceilings, not amounts.

Nothing defined. It is a category euphemism with no regulatory meaning and no stated endpoint, and nothing else on the bottle explains it. It is the only claim on the front.

21 CFR 101.93(d) requires the FDA disclaimer to appear on each panel carrying a statement of nutritional support, either adjacent to it or linked by a symbol such as an asterisk. Here the disclaimer is on the back and the front claim carries no symbol. Whether those two words are such a statement is a judgement we are not qualified to make for you.

No. This eight-ingredient Test Boost blend appears under more than one brand name, with the same printed order and the same 1,200 mg total. That is ordinary here, and it matters for one reason: if two products carry identical panels, you are choosing packaging and price, not formulas.

The blend is called Test Boost, and one ingredient has a placebo-controlled trial behind it: tongkat ali at 200 mg a day of standardised extract, in men aged 50 to 70 with low baseline testosterone, over twelve weeks. Its ceiling here is 600 mg. Whether it is present is not published.

Bovine testicle tissue. The monographs say there is no good evidence to support this use, that it is not clear whether it provides testosterone, and that there is not enough reliable information to know what a dose would be. Seventh of eight.

No. Laboratories use its diosgenin to make steroid hormones, but that is a factory process. Memorial Sloan Kettering states there is no evidence the human body can convert diosgenin into progesterone.

Saw palmetto is studied for prostate symptoms rather than for raising testosterone, and a 2023 review of 27 studies found little or no benefit for those symptoms when used alone. The label offers no explanation for including it.

Its active compound, icariin, has an absorption problem. A 2019 human trial gave 100 mg to 1,680 mg and found blood levels very low or undetectable, nearly all below 1 ng/mL. It is first in this blend.

Not published, like everything else. Boron is last of eight, so its ceiling is 150 mg. In practice far below that: typical total intake is 1.0 to 1.5 mg a day and the adult upper limit is 20 mg.

Two of its eight ingredients, saw palmetto and nettle root, are the most common prostate ingredients in the category, though the label makes no prostate claim. If you take anything for your prostate, mention this to whoever prescribes it.

As a dietary supplement, take one (1) or two (2) capsules daily with an 8 oz. glass of water. Nothing on the bottle addresses food, timing or cycling, and do not double up after a missed day.

The label allows either and does not say which. At two capsules you get the full 1,200 mg and the bottle lasts thirty days. At one you get 600 mg and it lasts sixty. Start at one and treat two as the ceiling.

The seller's summary says most buyers waited three to six weeks and lists a slow start among the common dislikes. The trial behind the one evidenced ingredient ran twelve weeks. No result is promised and no published trial exists on this formula.

Keep away from heat, light, and humidity to preserve freshness, and store in a cool, dry place. A bathroom cabinet is the worst spot in a house, because gelatin capsules take on moisture.

The side panel prints Expiry date: 07-2028. At two capsules a day a bottle is thirty days, so even a six-bottle pack finishes comfortably inside that date.

No published safety study exists on this formula, and assessing an ingredient normally starts with its amount, which this panel does not publish. Nobody outside the manufacturer can tell you. Show the panel to your pharmacist.

None are published for this formula. The most likely experiences are nothing at all, mild digestive upset from seven botanicals in one capsule, and a capsule sticking if taken with too little water. Anything you would call a reaction is a reason to stop and speak to a clinician.

No, and nothing on the label claims it is. Erectile dysfunction is a medical condition with medical treatment, no ingredient here is approved to treat it, and a supplement may not lawfully claim to. The first step is a doctor.

It is relevant to the category, and we are not applying it to this product, which we have no basis to suspect. The FDA lists sexual-enhancement products found to contain undeclared prescription drugs, most often sildenafil, and says the list covers only a small fraction of them. Our safety page explains what that means.

Because of the category rather than this product. Nitrate medicines such as nitroglycerin are taken by many men with heart disease, and the FDA warns that undeclared sildenafil may interact with them and lower blood pressure to dangerous levels. If you take nitrates, ask your doctor first.

Show the panel to your pharmacist. Saw palmetto and nettle root are both used for prostate symptoms, and MSKCC lists possible additive effects between nettle and diuretics or blood pressure drugs.

No. The caution panel says pregnant or nursing mothers should consult a physician before using this or any dietary supplement, and this is a product sold to adult men in any case.

No, for two reasons. The capsule shell is gelatin, made from animal collagen, and the blend contains orchic substance, bovine testicle tissue. Neither is flagged on the front.

Anyone under 18, anyone pregnant or nursing, anyone with a known medical condition who has not spoken to a physician, vegetarians and vegans, anyone taking nitrates, and anyone who needs to know what they are taking in milligrams.

No price was published to us. Pack prices are the ones printed on the marketplace listing at checkout. We print no price we have not seen ourselves.

One bottle, three bottles and six bottles. Each holds 60 capsules: thirty days at the panel's serving, or sixty at one. The seller's summary says six bottles was the most chosen.

Through this site, the U.S. stocking partner for Horse Mood. Every order button hands you to the marketplace listing's checkout, where the price, the pack and the return window appear. The order desk afterwards is +1 (302) 200-3480.

Not published to us. It ships from the United States unless the listing says otherwise, a shipping cost is shown at checkout if there is one, and a tracking number arrives in the order email once the parcel moves.

The window printed on the marketplace listing. No seller money-back guarantee could be confirmed. A summary of buyer feedback mentions a 60-day window, but that is recollection rather than a published term.

Call +1 (302) 200-3480 with your order ID before sending anything, then post it tracked, at your own cost, to 540 Madison Avenue, Floor 18, New York, NY 10022, with your full name, order email and order ID inside the parcel.

Two waits, not one. Three to five business days at the seller's end after the return is credited, then five to ten days for the card. Roughly three weeks from posting is normal.

Do not take the capsules. The bottle says do not use if the safety seal is damaged or missing. Photograph it, then call +1 (302) 200-3480 with your order ID.

Thehorsemood, the U.S. stocking partner for Horse Mood, at 1 Astor Place, Floor 8, New York, NY 10003. We earn a commission on orders placed through this site.

Not published. This bottle carries no “Distributed by” line at all. The only company name on it is the brand line Vitalifes, with no address, phone number or website.

No, and no dietary supplement is. The FDA states that it does not have the authority to approve dietary supplements before they are marketed. The roundel shown with this product says the factory is registered with the FDA, which is a requirement for any facility making food or supplements for sale in the US.

Lot HOR-26/TH-6587, certificate reference HOR-6587-26-TH, expiry 07-2028. The certificate itself was not published to us, so the reference is all we can print.

Yes. Thehorsemood is the U.S. stocking partner and earns a commission on every order placed through this site. It is disclosed here, on the about page, on the reviews page and in every footer.

Because the score is about what the label publishes, not how the product feels to take. One number for eight ingredients costs it two categories on its own.

Several things. The back names a plant part and a Latin binomial for every botanical and spells its footnote correctly. The brand's marketing panels invent no health claims, which is rare here. And one or two capsules with water is an easy regimen.