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Our EVL Test Review

 

Evlution Nutrition is without question one of the biggest names in the sports nutrition industry. These guys make a wide range of supplements, most of which are extremely popular all over the world. They exclusively focus on sports supplements, with a specific specialization in bodybuilding products.

What EVL Test supposed to do?

How is it any different from the other testosterone boosters out there?

 

 

As you would imagine from Evlution Nutrition, EVL Test appears to be a specialist bodybuilding supplement. Looking at the bottle and the website, it is clear that this is a supplement designed for younger guys who want some extra help moving weight in the gym and faster recovery after training. 

The bottle says that this product delivers three core benefits: “energy, metabolism, and testosterone”.

According to the official merchant page, users can expect to see the following differences while using EVL Test:

• Increased muscular strength
• Greater stamina
• Optimal sleep
• Increased ‘performance’

All of these are things that would follow on from having more active testosterone in the blood. Higher T-levels invariably mean faster muscle mass accumulation, reduced body fat, increased strength, and more stamina. In some instances, it can also mean better sleep (although many people who use anabolic steroids report significantly worse sleep). 

However, some products claiming to be “testosterone boosters” actually help treat the symptoms of low testosterone, not the cause. 

They make you feel more relaxed without influencing stress hormone levels. They improve your sex drive without jacking up testosterone production in the testes. They support recovery after training. But they don’t do what we want them to do – they don’t raise testosterone!

Our job is to find out whether EVL Test is a genuine testosterone booster or just another supplement pretending to be one!

Does EVL Test really work?

How does it compare to our favorite testosterone boosters on sale today?

We’ll find out in the course of our EVL Test review below! We kick things off with a look at the ingredients, the doses, and the side effects. We’ll discuss the price tag, and how it compares to other products. Have you used EVL Test yourself? Tell us what you thought in the comments!

 

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EVL Test Ingredients

Let’s check out the EVL Test formula:

 

 

First impressions? Not great!

This is nothing special. We honestly expected to see a little more punch in this formula, considering Evlution Nutrition’s standing in the supplement world. But this is actually a pretty vanilla formula!

There are four main ingredients in here if you ignore the vitamin and mineral stack for the time being. 

One of these is a bog-standard form of D-Aspartic Acid, dosed slightly below the 3,200mg dose we see in practically every other testosterone booster. 

Another is Tribulus Terrestris, which has been conclusively proven to be ineffective for raising testosterone levels. 

Then we have Fenugreek, which improves libido but does not make a blind bit of difference to any hormonal parameters in the human body.

So really, there’s not much going on here that we can get excited about. The formula isn’t particularly powerful; in fact, we’d go as far as to say that it is among the weakest testosterone boosters we’ve reviewed on this site to date. 

Let’s go through some of these issues in a little more detail. 

 

Biggest Weakness – Tribulus Terrestris Is Bogus

Without doubt the biggest problem with this formula is that a significant portion of it is dedicated to an ingredient that does not increase testosterone; Tribulus Terrestris.

Each serving of EVL Nutrition Test contains 650mg of Tribulus Terrestris (TT). 

TT is a very common ingredient in testosterone boosters today. Single-ingredient TT extracts are actually among the most popular supplements among natural bodybuilders. The belief that TT boosts serum testosterone has been around for some time – you’ll often hear guys in the gym recommending TT to people who want to jack up their test without using steroids.

However, we now know that this is all just broscience – Tribulus Terrestris does not influence testosterone levels in any way whatsoever. 

 

 

Take a look at this study, in which researchers gave elite rugby players either a Tribulus Terrestris supplement or placebo and then monitored their testosterone levels over the course of their 5 week pre-season training. Here is what the researchers found:

“After 5 weeks of training, strength and fat free mass increased significantly without any between-group differences. No between-group differences were noted in the urinary T/E ratio. It was concluded that T. terrestris did not produce the large gains in strength or lean muscle mass that many manufacturers claim can be experienced within 5-28 days. Furthermore, T. terrestris did not alter the urinary T/E ratio and would not place an athlete at risk of testing positive based on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s urinary T/E ratio limit of 4:1.” (Published 2007 in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research).

There are lots of studies showing TT for what it is; a totally bogus testosterone booster. Yet it is one of the main ingredients in EVL Test!

This is a serious issue – you don’t want to be paying good money for herbal extracts that do nothing for your hormone levels. EVL Nutrition have really messed up there.

 

Major Weakness – D-Aspartic Acid Under-Dosed

The use of ineffective ingredients is a serious issue. It is probably the biggest issue with EVL Test. But it isn’t the only problem. 

Even where EVL Nutrition have used effective ingredients, they have not included anywhere near enough of them in some really important areas. 

For example, each serving of EVL Test provides 3120mg of D-Aspartic Acid. 

D-AA is a fantastic natural testosterone booster. It acts directly on the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis, which is essentially the chain of command which culminates in the production of testosterone in the testes. It tells the pituitary gland to release more Luteinizing Hormone, which then tells the testes to produce more testosterone. 

Supplementing with testosterone has been shown time and again to increase free serum testosterone levels, even in healthy young men (ref). 

However, 3,120mg of really not a particularly large serving of D-Aspartic Acid. This is particularly true when you consider the fact that D-AA is the only ingredient in EVL Test which actively promotes testosterone production. 

The standard dose of D-Aspartic Acid used in studies – and consequently in most supplements – is 3,200mg. This is the minimum dose used when we’re dealing with standard, basic D-Aspartic Acid, and that is when we’re combining it with other effective testosterone boosters (not Tribulus Terrestris). 

 

 

We think 3,120mg is ridiculously close to the standard 3,200mg; we’ve no idea why they cut back by 80mg, but it just makes the product appear weak. The best supplements today use D-AA Calcum Chelate equivalent to 3,500mg of D-AA and over. 

This is another big mistake from EVL Nutrition. Considering there aren’t many active ingredients in here, EVL Test could use a lot more D-Aspartic Acid. 

 

Minor Issue – Could Use More Vitamin D

The final problem we think we should highlight with the EVL Test formula is the fact that it contains a pretty underwhelming dose of Vitamin D.

Vitamin D is a staple ingredient in testosterone boosters. It always has been; we’ve long known that ‘the sunshine vitamin’ acts more like a hormone than the other vitamins. 

More recent research has shown that vitamin D is intimately involved with testosterone production in the body. Low vitamin D – which is extremely common in northern Europe and north America – always correlates tightly with low testosterone levels. Similarly, raising vitamin D levels seems to be an effective cure for low testosterone in a lot of men. This is why most testosterone boosters will provide a sizable dose of vitamin D3.

The recommended dose for rectifying a vitamin D deficiency is about 80-120μg. 

EVL Test contains 50μg.

We never understand why supplement manufacturers cut back on safe, cheap, effective ingredients like vitamin D. Dosing this simple vitamin properly would make the stack significantly more powerful – it would definitely make a big difference to your end results. 

Yet another big disappointment here from EVL Nutrition. 

 

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Side Effects – Is EVL Test Safe?

In our opinion EVL Test is a safe testosterone booster for the vast majority of users. 

It doesn’t contain any ingredients known to cause serious side effects. These are, after all, standard ingredients in modern natural testosterone boosters. They are found in one combination or another in pretty much every stack on sale today.

The EVL Test ingredients have all been thoroughly tested and have been found to be safe for human consumption. None of the studies that we’ve seen regarding these ingredients have ever raised any serious side effect concerns. There doesn’t seem to be any long-term health risks either. 

That said, you need to remember that every individual is different. We are only speaking generally hear; we cannot possibly factor in all of your unique medical histories, circumstances, diets, states of health, etc. All we can do is highlight dangers that apply to the average – otherwise fit and healthy – user. 

If you do experience any side effects while using EVL Test, stop using it at once and seek medical attention. If possible, share your experiences in the comments below to help other users. 

 

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EVL Test Review Conclusion – Is It Any Good?

We expected a lot from this product, what with Evlution Nutrition being one of the biggest names in bodybuilding and all. So we were obviously disappointed when we saw the EVL Test formula.

We won’t spend too long going through all the problems we have with this testosterone booster. Here’s a quick run-down:

• The D-Aspartic Acid is in its basic form and the dose is basic to boot
• There’s nothing to control cortisol
• The vitamin D dose is low
• Tribulus Terrestris doesn’t do a damn thing
• Fenugreek boosts libido but doesn’t increase testosterone 

When you take all of those together and then factor in EVL Test’s premium price tag, you get a pretty poor supplement. 

The popularity of this testosterone booster almost certainly comes from the good name of EVL Test. It certainly isn’t because the product is itself particularly good!

In any case, the market has clearly advanced a lot since this testosterone booster came out. For the same price as EVL Test today you can get a significantly more powerful, comprehensive, high quality product that will produce far more noticeable results. 

 

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FAQs

 

Should I Take EVL Test At Night?

EVL Test claims to promote ‘optimal sleep’. It tries to do this by promoting a healthy, balanced hormone profile, not by providing anxiolytics or other natural substances which induce sleep. So there would be no reason to take EVL Test at night in order to derive this benefit. 

However, we don’t actually think EVL Test is well suited to increasing testosterone levels, and since it does not contain anything to suppress cortisol and promote relaxation, it is not well-suited to promoting sleep either!

 

Can I Take EVL Test On An Empty Stomach?

While there shouldn’t be any reason why you couldn’t take EVL Test on an empty stomach, we always advise taking testosterone boosters with food. This will simply increase absorption of the ingredients and make the product more effective as a whole. It will also decrease any side effects by slowing down the rate of absorption. 

 

Where To Buy EVL Test

Like all Evlution Nutrition products, EVL Test is sold through their official website. You will also find it at your local supplement store, at GNC, and on Amazon. However, we think buying straight from the manufacturer is always the best way to go.