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Our USN 19 Anabol Testo Review

 

We don’t need to spend much time introducing USN here. If you’re even remotely interested in sports nutrition, or you’ve seen a couple of bodybuilding shows, then you’ve come across this brand before. USN is without doubt one of the biggest names in bodybuilding supplementation. They sponsor some of the biggest athletes, and they make some of the most trusted protein powders on the market.

As well as their much-loved protein line, they also make some specialist stacks. Today we’re going to look at their dedicated testosterone booster – 19 Anabol Testo. 

Let’s take a look at what this supplement claims to do!

 

 

According to the bottle, USN 19 Anabol Testo is an “ultra potent testosterone inducer”. Users are told that they can expect the following benefits:

• Increased muscle mass
• Reduced body fat
• Enhanced athletic performance

Reassuringly, USN are quite explicit that 19 Anabol Testo works by actually increasing free serum testosterone levels. You’d think this was a given from a testosterone booster, but many supplements just plaster over the symptoms of low testosterone – they provide energy boosters and aphrodisiacs. They don’t actually support healthy T-levels. 

Aside from what we get from the bottle and the short description on the website, there really isn’t a lot of detail to go on here. USN haven’t provided any details about how this product works; the specific mechanisms behind its action. 

While we do appreciate details up front, we don’t need them necessarily. 

The formula will tell us everything we need to know about how this product works – or doesn’t work. 

So, is USN 19 Anabol Testo any good? 

How does it stack up against the top testosterone boosters on sale today?

Find out by reading our full 19 Anabol Testo review below. We’re going to kick off with a detailed look at the formula – what do the ingredients do? Then we’ll talk side effects and value for money. Have you got experience with this testosterone booster? Please share in the comments, good or bad!

 

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USN 19 Anabol Testo Formula

Here is the ingredients list for 19 Anabol Testo:

 

 

We’ve never seen an ingredient list like this before, which is definitely something to USN’s credit. 

The team behind this stack have obviously kept to USN tradition and opted for unusual compounds and concentrates rather than herbal extracts, minerals, and amino acids which are standards in testosterone boosters today. 

However, we think in an effort to be different USN have made some serious errors here. 

Many of the ingredients in 19 Anabol Testo have been tested and found to be ineffective – they don’t seem to affect testosterone levels, body composition, athletic performance, or anything else for that matter!

The only ingredient in here capable of making a real difference to your life is Fenugreek. Even this is not a reliably testosterone booster though; it is a libido booster, nothing more. 

Overall, this is a really disappointing formula. There’s a good dose of zinc, magnesium, and Testofen (high quality fenugreek). Aside from that, there aren’t any ingredients known to definitely increase serum testosterone levels. 

Let’s go through each ingredient so you know what we’re talking about here.

 

Testofen™

This is a very high quality fenugreek extract – the best in the industry in fact. Testofen is pretty much the gold standard of fenugreek extracts. The reaosn fenugreek is used in testosterone boosters, despite the fact that it can’t actually influence testosterone levels, is because it is a potent libido booster. Guys who are hammering the weights every night will find themselves feeling exhausted, beaten up, and demotivated after a while. A nice lift in sex drive is often just what the doctor ordered. Coupled with genuine testosterone enhancers, fenugreek can work wonders. 

 

20-Hydroxy Ecdysterone

20-hydroxy ecdysterone is an ecdysteroid. Ectdysteroids are a class of hormones which act as primary androgens in insects. Yes, that’s right, USN have added an insect androgen to 19 Anabol Testo! These substances are said by some to have anabolic effects when consumed orally by mammals. There have been in vitro tests, and some studies conducted on rats. Some of these have found that ecdysteroids might increase muscle protein synthesis (ref). However, the only study conducted on humans to date (to our knowledge at least) found that ecdysterone supplementation had absolutely no effect whatsoever on body composition, strength, or testosterone levels (ref).

 

5-Methyl-7-Methyoxy-Isoflavone

5-Methyl-7-methoxyisoflavone is an isoflavone analogue. Isoflavones are a class of phytoestrogens – you know, the compounds that make people so afraid to eat soy? These compounds are highly prevalent in the human diet, and they do not actually have any meaningful estrogenic activity in humans. 5-Methyl-7-methoxyisoflavone is a synthetic isoflavone – it is not found naturally in any food. Some people believe that it has an anabolic effect when consumed by humans.

We disgree completely, as do the researchers in this study (also cited above): “Results indicate that M, E, and CSP3 supplementation do not affect body composition or training adaptations nor do they influence the anabolic/catabolic hormone status or general markers of catabolism in resistance-trained males.”

 

Avena Sativa

Don’t be fooled by the Latin name; avena sativa is just oats. Oats do not have any androgenic or anabolic effects when consumed by humans. The oat is one of the biggest food crops on earth. A lot of people eat a massive bowl of oats every morning for breakfast. They do not experience any big increase in muscle mass or fat loss as a result (unless you count the effect oats have on energy and appetite). 

 

 

 

7-Isopropoxyisoflavone

This is another synthetic isoflavone. It is said to be a powerful bodybuilding supplement due to its androgenic activity in humans. It is not a phytoestrogen, as it does not bind to any estrogen receptors at all. However, we’ve struggled to find out what this this compound is supposed to do. As it stands, we can’t find any evidence whatsoever linking 7-isopropoxyisoflavone to any enhancements in physical performance, hormone profile, or anything else for that matter. 

 

So What Does USN 19 Anabol Testo Do?

As far as we can tell, this supplement doesn’t do a great deal!

The ingredients do not seem to have any anabolic or androgenic activity at all.

They do not promote the production of testosterone in the testes.

They do not decrease aromatase activity. 

They don’t preferentially bind to SHBG. 

Nor do they lower cortisol levels. 

We have no idea what they do! We’ve looked high and low for some hard scientific data here, and aside from some rodent studies and in vitro experiments, we can’t find anything worth mentioning. 

The only human study we can find looks at both 20-hydroxy ecdysterone and methoxyisoflavone together. The findings of this study, quoted above and again here for clarity, are pretty damning: 

“No significant differences (p > 0.05) were observed in training adaptations among groups in the variables FFM, percent body fat, bench press 1 RM, leg press 1 RM or sprint peak power. Anabolic/catabolic analysis revealed no significant differences among groups in active testosterone (AT), free testosterone (FT), cortisol, the AT to cortisol ratio, urea nitrogen, creatinine, the blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio. In addition, no significant differences were seen from pre to post supplementation and/or training in AT, FT, or cortisol.” (Published 2006 in Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition).

The participants of this study were all fit, resistance-trained young men aged around 20 years old. They were given good doses of Methoxyisoflavone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, and sulfo-polysaccharide for 8 weeks.

No differences were observed between the participants given the substances and those given placebo. We can only conclude, then, that the relatively small doses of these substances in USN 19 ANabol Testo are not going to produce better results!

 

 

It seems that 19 Anabol Testo is probably a good libido booster, due to the good serving of fenugreek. It will also help support testosterone levels by providing good doses of zinc and magnesium. But some fenugreek coupled with these two minerals does not constitute a good quality testosterone booster in our opinion. 

We need to consider the fact that fenugreek is a fairly common herb. It is not expensive to buy in large amounts, and it does not have a direct effect on testosterone. 

Zinc and magnesium do have a direct effect on testosterone. However, like fenugreek, these really are supporting ingredients. They are common in cheap multivitamins. We don’t get particularly potent forms of either mineral here – just the usual, bog-standard form. The doses are pedestrian. They are great when coupled with potent testosterone boosters, but boring when used alone. 

All in all, we’re pretty unimpressed with USN’s efforts here!

 

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USN 19 Anabol Testo Side Effects – Is It Safe?

There are a couple of things you should consider before going ahead and using this testosterone booster.

Our biggest concern is the fact that some of the ingredients in 19 Anabol Testo have not been thoroughly tested on humans.

We’re obviously not talking about the oats or the fenugreek here. Obviously oat powder is not going to cause issues, and Testofen itself has been extensively tested on humans, even over the long-term. Neither of these ingredients are going to cause notable side effects. 

The same goes for the zinc and magnesium. Standard, 100% RDI doses of these minerals aren’t going to cause any serious issues. We think these doses are ideal for rectifying mineral deficiencies if used consistently for a good few weeks. 

We’re talking about the more unusual ingredients – the 20-hydroxy ecdysterone, the 7-Isopropoxyisoflavone, and the 5-Methyl-7-methoxyisoflavone.

Most of the studies looking at these substances have been carried out in vitro. This means that researchers were studying how they behaved in a Petri dish or a test tube, not in live subjects. 

A smaller number of studies have been done using rats. 

We’ve only been able to find one decent study on humans, which we have cited twice above. In this trial, no serious adverse effects were noted. However, the trial only lasted 8 weeks, and the subjects were fairly uniform – they were all healthy young men. 

We strongly advise against the use of relatively untested substances. This applies especially to compounds which are androgenic hormones taken from other species!

These are unusual substances which we are not overly familiar with. Research is thin on the ground and not particularly extensive. We think it is absolutely vital that you exercise extreme caution here and get proper medical advice before continuing. 

 

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USN 19 Anabol Testo Review Conclusion – Is It Any Good?

In our opinion this isn’t much of a testosterone booster at all. USN have such a good reputation that we really did enter this review with high hopes. We’ve used their protein powders before and loved them. But they just hit so wide of the mark with their testosterone booster that we had to give it quite a low score. 

19 Anabol Testo contains several ingredients that are yet to be validated by clinical trials. 

To put that another way, there’s no hard, scientific evidence that these ingredients actually influence testosterone. 

We were only able to find one human study regarding two of these ingredients, and neither were found to influence testosterone levels in any way.

The only ingredients in USN 19 Anabol Testo that do work are Testofen, Zinc, and Magnesium. 

But these substances do not constitute a potent testosterone booster. Testofen doesn’t even raise testosterone – it simply improves sexual appetite; a great side-ingredient, but not a main ingredient like it is used here. 

This supplement is missing all of the ingredients which make for a solid testosterone booster. There’s nothing to boost testosterone production in the testes, nothing to lower cortisol, nothing to reduce aromatase activity. 

All we get are two standard minerals and an aphrodisiac. 

USN 19 Anabol Testo is not a good testosterone booster at all. If you want to see some real, tangible results, we think you’re going to have to opt for a more reliable, proven stack. Check out our current top rated supplements – and look at the research backing them up – to see the difference.

 

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FAQs

 

Is 19 Anabol Testo A Steroid?

Good question. After all, it does contain insect androgen hormones! However, the ecdysteroid compound in 19 Anabol Testo – 20-Hydroxy Ecdysterone – does not have any androgenic effects when consumed by humans. Or so it seems from a single clinical trial. It does seem to have anabolic effects in vitro and in some rat studies. Strictly speaking though, no this supplement does not class as a steroid. 

 

Will 19 Anabol Testo Make You Fail A Drug Test?

This is a slightly more interesting question. In the only human trial we were able to find, 19 Anabol Testo did not change testosterone or estrogen parameters. It did not exert any androgenic effects in human subjects. There is currently no evidence that it will show up as a performance enhancing drug, or that it will make you fail a test by producing the same metabolites as other PEDs.

However, as we’ve tried to make abundantly clear, human studies are severely lacking here. Exercise caution. 19 Anabol Testo does contain phytoestrogens and anthropoid androgens. If you are concerned with passing a PED drugs test without any worries whatsoever, maybe use a different supplement!

 

When To Take 19 Anabol Testo

As far as we can tell there is no particular dosing schedule called for here. Just take 19 Anabol Testo when it is most convenient for you. Do not exceed the stated daily dose.