Setting the marketing aside, here is what a buyer can be told about the contents of
this bottle, in descending order of how well established it is.
Well established
Nothing, for this formula. There is no trial of the blend.
Documented, for one ingredient, in another condition
NCCIH’s digest on benign prostatic hyperplasia reports that stinging nettle produced
significant improvement in International Prostate Symptom Score, maximum urinary flow rate
and relief of lower urinary tract symptoms compared with placebo, over six months. That is
urinary symptoms, not muscle.
Documented, and negative
NCCIH reports that a recent comprehensive review determined saw palmetto, administered
alone, provides little or no benefit for BPH symptoms, and that there is not enough
evidence to determine whether it is useful for other health purposes. That is the
best-studied ingredient in the formula.
Explicitly unsettled
Boron. The Office of Dietary Supplements calls it a mineral in many foods and says
experts have not set a recommended amount.
Not in the federal record at all
Horny goat weed, tongkat ali, wild yam, sarsaparilla and orchic substance: five of the
eight, with no federal consumer page between them.
A strange list for a benefits page
It is. A benefits page carrying only the claims is an advertisement with a heading on
it.