Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia)

This post on Tongkat Ali (TA) is presented in the furtherance of man’s never ending quest of finding a natural, legal, safe and efficacious supplement that boosts testosterone levels. Research into this small evergreen from Southeast Asia took this blogger on a wild journey of Malaysian government supported promotion and co-patents with MIT, pyramid schemes, a potpourri of potential testosterone (T) influencing compounds including “eurypeptides” and the invention of an electronic tongue, to name a few. So buckle up, and if you decide to take this supplement, suggestions are given towards sources, dosing and cautions. As an added bonus, a quick and dirty method of testing extracts for authenticity is revealed.  Read more...