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SodaPeak review
Men’s supplements and wellness
Men’s supplements, one label at a time
Energy, testosterone support, prostate, sleep: the men’s health aisle is crowded, and from the front of the bottle most formulas look alike. This site starts from what you can check before you order: the Supplement Facts panel, the price at checkout, who the seller is, and what the guarantee actually covers.
What you will find on this site
- Product reviews of men’s supplements: formula, daily serving, prices, guarantee and seller, always in the same order.
- Doses taken from the Supplement Facts panel, ingredient by ingredient, whenever the maker discloses them.
- Prices taken at checkout, shipping included, with the date we checked.
- An editorial rating, with its criteria spelled out.
6points checked in every review, always the same
60days of guarantee on SodaPeak, our current pick
40 mgof zinc a day: the upper limit for adults
11 mgthe Daily Value for zinc, shown as 100% on the label
The reviews
Each review covers one product and answers the questions people ask before ordering: what is in it, how to take it, what it really costs, who sells it and what the guarantee covers. Next to them, one guide shows how to read any label in four steps. When there is a video, it opens the page.
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SodaPeak review
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Vigortrix review
Vigortrix: nine ingredients, two capsules a day, a 60-day guarantee
Vigortrix in detail: nine stimulant-free ingredients, two capsules a day, from $49 a bottle, a 60-day money-back guarantee, and who is behind the checkout.
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Alpha Erec review
Alpha Erec: eight active ingredients in one gummy a day, a 60-day guarantee
Alpha Erec in detail: eight active ingredients plus zinc and vitamin D3 in one berry gummy a day, from $49 a bottle, a one-time payment and a 60-day guarantee.
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Read the label
Is your supplement properly dosed? Read the label in four steps
Turn the bottle around, find the serving size, check the % Daily Value, then read the plants line by line: how to tell whether a supplement is properly dosed.
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Ingredient doses
Zinc, maca, citrulline, ashwagandha: what counts is the dose
Zinc, vitamin D, citrulline, maca, ashwagandha, saw palmetto: the daily dose each ingredient was tested at, family by family, and how to check a label in 3 steps.
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SodaBoost review
SodaBoost: a men’s gummy you will actually take every day
SodaBoost in detail: a men’s gummy made in the USA, one a day, what the label lists, from $49 a bottle, a one-time payment and a 60-day money-back guarantee.
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Mendorex review
Mendorex: eight ingredients in one capsule a day, for men over 30
Mendorex in detail: one capsule a day for men over 30, the eight doses on the label, what the studies say, the price in pounds and euros and the 30-day guarantee.
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Forzonax review
Forzonax: testosterone, blood flow and dopamine in one capsule a day
Forzonax: one capsule a day, nine dosed ingredients including mucuna, a natural source of L-dopa, what the studies found, UK prices and the 30-day guarantee.
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GForce 5 review
GForce 5: one stimulant-free capsule a day, a 90-day guarantee
GForce 5 in detail: eight ingredients in one stimulant-free capsule a day, made in the USA, from $49 a bottle, with a 90-day money-back guarantee.
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Stallion Power review
Stallion Power: one gummy a day, three jobs on the label
Stallion Power in detail: one men’s gummy a day, nine ingredients in three groups, 5 mg of caffeine, from $49 a bottle and a 60-day money-back guarantee.Men’s wellness, one topic at a time
Men’s supplements fall into a handful of families. For each one, here are the ingredients you will meet most often and what the label can tell you about them.
Energy and fatigue
B vitamins, magnesium, ginseng
These are the formulas built for demanding weeks. B vitamins and magnesium are essential nutrients with a Daily Value, so the panel shows what share of a day’s reference intake one serving covers. Ginseng has no Daily Value: what counts there is the amount and how the extract is standardized.
Testosterone support
Zinc, vitamin D, D-aspartic acid
Zinc and vitamin D turn up in most formulas of this kind, and both have a Daily Value: 11 mg for zinc, 20 mcg (800 IU) for vitamin D. D-aspartic acid, fenugreek and tongkat ali have none. We describe them by what they are and how much a serving contains.
Drive and performance
L-citrulline, L-arginine, maca
Two amino acids, L-citrulline and L-arginine, and plants such as maca form the usual base of these formulas. What a bottle says about them is a structure/function claim, which the FDA has not evaluated. Our reviews stay with origin, traditional use and dose.
Prostate
Saw palmetto, beta-sitosterol, lycopene
Formulas aimed at men over fifty. One rule comes first here: urinary symptoms belong in a doctor’s office before they belong in a shopping cart. A supplement comes after a checkup, never instead of one.
Stress and sleep
Ashwagandha, magnesium, melatonin
Ashwagandha, the best-known plant of the Ayurvedic tradition, is the backbone of many stress formulas, often next to magnesium. For sleep, melatonin is the usual choice, and the amount per serving varies widely from one product to the next. That is exactly why we read the panel.
Fitness and recovery
Creatine, protein, vitamin D
Creatine monohydrate is one of the most studied sports supplements, usually taken at 3 to 5 grams a day. Protein powders and vitamin D round out the shelf. Here the label matters twice: for the dose, and for any third-party testing seal it carries.
How to read a Supplement Facts panel
Dietary supplements sold in the United States carry a Supplement Facts panel. Five lines of it tell you most of what you need to know before you buy.
| What to read | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Serving size and servings per container | How long a bottle lasts. Sixty capsules at two a day make a 30-day bottle, not a 60-day one. |
| Amount per serving | The dose of each ingredient, in mg or mcg. This is what makes two formulas comparable. |
| % Daily Value | The share of a day’s reference intake, for vitamins and minerals. A symbol in that column, usually an asterisk or a dagger, points to the footnote “Daily Value not established”: that is the case for most plant extracts and amino acids. |
| Proprietary blend | The blend’s total weight, with its ingredients listed in descending order by weight, but not the amount of each one. |
| Other ingredients | The capsule shell, fillers and flow agents, listed under the panel. |
The full method, with a real label read line by line, is on its own page: how to read a supplement label in four steps.
One more thing is worth knowing. The FDA regulates dietary supplements as food, not as drugs, and does not approve them before they go on sale. When a label makes a claim about how an ingredient affects the body, it carries this sentence: “This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
How we rate a supplement
We do not run a lab, and we do not pretend to. We read, and we check what anyone can check: six points, always the same, laid out in the same order in every review.
| What we look at | Where we read it | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| The doses, ingredient by ingredient | Supplement Facts panel | A formula with its amounts in plain sight can be compared with another one. |
| The daily serving | Label directions | It sets how long a bottle lasts, and so the real cost per month. |
| The price | Checkout page | It is the amount actually charged, shipping included. |
| The seller | Terms and conditions | A company with a name and an address is someone to turn to for a return. |
| The guarantee | Return policy | How many days, opened or sealed bottles, and who pays return shipping. |
| The claims | Label and sales page | We report what the label states, and add no promise of our own. |
Sixty capsules are not always a two-month supply: it depends on how many you take a day.The first thing we check on a label
Daily Values and upper limits for the nutrients you will meet most
Six vitamins and minerals come back in formula after formula. For each, the Daily Value is the reference the label uses, and the upper limit is the highest daily intake considered unlikely to cause harm in adults.
| Nutrient | Daily Value | Upper limit for adults |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc | 11 mg | 40 mg |
| Vitamin D | 20 mcg (800 IU) | 100 mcg (4,000 IU) |
| Magnesium | 420 mg | 350 mg from supplements |
| Vitamin B6 | 1.7 mg | 100 mg |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 16 mg | 35 mg from supplements and fortified foods |
| Selenium | 55 mcg | 400 mcg |
Daily Values: FDA, Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels. Upper limits: Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for adults, from the Dietary Reference Intakes of the National Academies.
Plants and amino acids have no Daily Value. For them, the reference is the dose that was tested in studies: arginine, citrulline, maca, ashwagandha, saw palmetto and the others are on our cheat sheet of ingredient doses, family by family.
Nutrients add up across products. Two formulas that both contain zinc count toward the same 40 mg, which is why our reviews say so whenever two products are better not taken together.
In every review
- The doses, as printed on the label
- The price at checkout, shipping included
- Who sells, with a company name and an address
- The guarantee, and what it takes to use it
Never on this site
- Promised results
- Medical advice
- Doses the label does not show
- Prices without the date we checked them
Common questions about men’s supplements
Do I need a prescription to buy a supplement?
No. Dietary supplements are sold without a prescription. They are regulated as food, not as drugs, which also means they are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and they do not replace a prescribed treatment.
How long does a bottle last?
It depends on the serving size, not on the capsule count. Divide the capsules in the bottle by the number you take per day: sixty capsules last a month at two a day. Every review gives the real duration of a bottle.
What is a proprietary blend?
A group of ingredients listed under one name with a single total weight. The label shows the weight of the blend and lists what is in it, in descending order by weight, but not the amount of each ingredient.
Can I take two supplements at the same time?
It depends on what they share. Vitamins and minerals add up: for zinc, the upper limit for an adult is 40 mg a day. If you take prescription medication, ask your doctor or pharmacist first.
Do you sell the products?
No. We do not sell, ship or bill anything. Orders are placed on the seller’s own site, and the seller remains your contact for delivery, returns and refunds.
Who writes these reviews?
The editorial team of forcevital.eu. The publisher is named, with a postal address, in the legal notice. We are not doctors or pharmacists: we read labels, checkout pages and terms of sale, and we say so.
Our current pick: SodaPeak
Nine active ingredients in one gummy a day, a one-time payment and a 60-day money-back guarantee. If you prefer capsules with no caffeine at all, Vigortrix is the other pick.