The $3 Testosterone Stack
Elevate your natural testosterone levels without breaking the bank. Here's how.
What would you pay daily to get these effects?
- Boosted muscle protein synthesis, so it's easier to gain muscle and strength
- Reduction in body fat, especially around the waist
- More energy, less fatigue
- Increased sexual performance
- Improved mood, more confidence and motivation
Those are just a few of the benefits associated with high-normal testosterone levels. So, how much does it cost to get these benefits? Under three bucks a day.
The Stack
For someone moving from low to normal testosterone levels, the effects are dramatic. They're less intense for a person moving from mid-normal levels into the high-normal range but certainly noticeable, especially over time.
There are two basic steps to augmenting natural testosterone production: correcting any nutritional deficiencies that hamper T production and stimulating further production once the foundation is in place. Here's a basic, three-supplement stack that takes care of both steps without breaking the bank:
- One serving of microencapsulated vitamin D (Buy at Amazon) (30 cents per day)
- One serving of a chelated multi-mineral (Buy at Amazon) (84 cents per day)
- One serving (300 mg) of LJ100 Longjack (Buy at Amazon) ($1.65 per day)
Total cost: $2.79 per day
Why Stack These Supplements?
Supplement 1: Microencapsulated Vitamin D3
Vitamin D gets overlooked because, well, people think of it as a vitamin. However, given how it's synthesized and converted – and how it influences gene expression like steroid hormones – we should call it prohormone D.
Vitamin D receptors (VDRs) are found in male and female reproductive organs, suggesting a direct role in testosterone synthesis. When a deficiency is corrected, T levels rise. But the older you get, the harder it becomes for your body to absorb and utilize vitamin D, a problem that begins in your 30s and worsens over time.
While vitamin D isn't the backbone of testosterone production (that would be cholesterol, so eat your yolks), it's an important supportive vertebra. Keep your vitamin D levels on the high side by taking microencapsulated D3, the most bioavailable form. D Fix High Absorption Vitamin D (Buy at Amazon), one softgel daily, takes care of it.
Supplement 2: Chelated Multi-Mineral
Primarily, we're talking about magnesium, zinc, and selenium. Magnesium regulates testosterone bioavailability by reducing sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) which "ties up" testosterone, making it inactive. Zinc is essential for T production and the function of enzymes involved in its synthesis. It also helps regulate luteinizing hormone (LH), which signals the testes to make T.
Selenium deficiencies are more common in athletes and lifters than in the sedentary population. A deficiency impairs T production by increasing oxidative stress and disrupting thyroid hormones.
All three minerals are part of the Elitepro Vital Minerals (Buy at Amazon) formula, which uses the gold-standard Albion-chelated form to ensure absorption and utilization. Take four tablets daily.
Supplement 3: LJ100 Longjack
Correcting deficiencies is essential, but other things we can't control can lower our natural testosterone levels, like aging and environmental influences. Researchers call Longjack – Eurycoma or Tongkat Ali – a safe and promising therapeutic option for men with hypogonadism (low T).
Longjack boosts T in two main ways: synthesizing testosterone by blocking its aromatization into estrogen and stimulating testosterone production in testicle Leydig cells. It also lowers SHBG production, freeing up natural testosterone.
For best results, use the standardized LJ100 form found in Omega-Man High Absorption Longjack (Buy at Amazon). Take one softgel daily.
A Note on Prices
As always, prices are subject to change, but we based the above costs on supplements purchased from Biotest Amazon using the Subscribe & Save feature, which saves at least 5-10%.