Alpha F1 Review – 4 Big Reasons to Stay Away
By: Rob Miller
Contents
What is itTotal Testosterone v Free Testosterone
Ingredients
How To Use
How Effective is it
Reviews
Where to Buy
Pros and Cons
Conclusion
User Reviews
“New Legal Steroid,” “Nature’s Steroid Alternative,” “used by Hollywood’s Elite”, and my personal favorite, “Gain 16 pounds of muscle in 4 weeks, No special program, No intense exercise”. If these statements look familiar to you, I’m not surprised. They come from an “article” making the online rounds in what appear to be mens’ magazines, but really they’re just advertisements.
The one I came across today is for a testosterone booster called Alpha F1 stacked with a pre workout called Xtreme Nitric Oxide Formula. But let me emphasize that this article is EXACTLY THE SAME as it is for every product and stack of products. For those of you just hearing about this article and how they use it to sell mostly useless supplements, let’s back up.
Here’s the headline:
I made some comments right on the image for you so you can see what we’re talking about. Right at the top it says it’s an Advertisement, which they probably only do because they have to for legal reasons. We also noted that the links at the top of the page that are supposed to take you to the different sections of the magazine are fake. They don’t link to anything. They’re just there to make it look like a real magazine. And this one I’ll never understand – they say “As Seen On CNNHealth” etc, but it’s just not true. I don’t know how they get away with that.
Hopefully you’re getting the idea that this fake article is just a dishonest way to get you to buy Alpha F1 and Xtreme Nitric Oxide Formula, but I’ll give you a few more reason to believe. Here’s an image taken from the article selling Alpha F1 and Xtreme Nitric Oxide Formula:
And here’s the exact same image in the same article, but selling something called Testo Booster and Nitro Focus NO3:
I’m telling you, this article is a scam. It even says so right a the end of the page:
At this point, we’re going to move off the article and focus on the product because lots of companies employ sleazy or semi-sleazy marketing practices. It doesn’t necessarily mean the pills are crap. So let’s dive and find out – are Alpha F1 pills crap?
What is Alpha F1?
Alpha F1 is a natural testosterone booster that promises to improve your daily life, mainly in the gym and in the bedroom. That’s because testosterone is the male sex hormone that affects weight loss, energy, muscle composition, and sex drive. As men age, our body’s naturally make less and less of the stuff, and when that happens, we feel sluggish and run down, and far less resilient than we used to.
A natural testosterone booster, when it works, can boost your body’s hormone production back up closer to the levels you used to be at in your early twenties. These pills don’t contain any actual testosterone or steroids, just natural ingredients that aid the testosterone production process in your body.
As a result of boosted testosterone levels, Alpha F1 promises to:
- Increase muscle mass.
- Burn more fat.
- Ignite your libido.
- Improve your sexual performance.
It’s really that simple, so they say. Take Alpha F1, and watch your testosterone levels skyrocket.
Total Testosterone v Free Testosterone
When you get your T levels tested, you’ll get 2 numbers: Total Testosterone and Free Testosterone. Total T is all the testosterone your body has, but free testosterone is the number that really matters. It indicates how much testosterone is available for your body to use. This number is less than total testosterone. Some of the testosterone in your body gets bound up with something called Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG). When testosterone is bound, it cannot be used by your body, so it might as well not even exist, for functional purposes.
Alpha F1 focuses on increasing free testosterone levels as opposed to some other products that focus on boosting total numbers.
Alpha F1 Ingredients
A pleasant surprise – the Alpha F1 website shows an image of the actual bottle label, including ingredients:
The list is short and includes:
- Eurycoma Longifolia (aka Tongkat Ali) which may inhibit the action of SHBG (LINK TO http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085925/), thereby increasing free testosterone levels and lead to all the benefits thereof. The amount per serving is just 100mg. The typical daily dose tends to be about 200mg-300mg, whereas the effective dose in the study was 400 mg. This indicates that to be effective the dose in Alpha F1 should be higher than it is.
- Zinc which is important to overall health as well as the chemical reaction within the body that produces testosterone. A connection has been shown between zinc deficiencies and testosterone deficiencies in men.
- Vitamin B1 which is important for muscle growth and development.
- Vitamin B6 which seems to help the body produce testosterone. A study involving rats deprived of Vitamin B6 showed that at the end of the study, those rats who were deprived of Vitamin B6 showed significantly reduced testosterone levels.
How To Use Alpha F1
The recommended dose is 2 pills per day, but again, this only gives you 100mg of Eurycoma Longifolia – arguably the most primary ingredient in the mix. Unfortunately, this says a lot about how effective Alpha F1 can be expected to be.
How Effective is Alpha F1?
Scientific validation is a good way to know whether or not a supplement will be effective. This graphic appears on the Alpha F1 website:
But there’s no reference made to where this information comes from, so it’s difficult to trust it or to really know what it is they’re saying. So while it’s a nice attempt to validate some of the points, it doesn’t really pull it off.
Alpha F1 Reviews and Customer Feedback
One thing that’s curiously missing from the Alpha F1 website is customer feedback. Most other supplements that market this same way include testimonials from customers on their websites. This is not the case here. There’s nothing.
And what’s worse is that there are no independent reviews either. Sure there are “reviews” on review websites, but these aren’t usually written by people who’ve actually tried the supplement. They are merely promoting it, so their opinions will tend to be biased, which makes it even more difficult to know what to believe.
Where to Buy
The only way to purchase Alpha F1 is to sign up for the free trial offered on their website. You access the website through any one of the review websites that link to it. When you get there, you’ll see something like this:
If you decide to go for it and fill out the form, you’ll see this next:
Make sure you take a good look at that circled and underlined part above. This is not a free trial. You won’t be getting anything free If you read the underlined section, you’ll see that if you don’t call and cancel within 14 days from the day you placed your order, you will be charged a whopping $89.95 for the Alpha F1 you thought you were getting for free. Not only that, but they will send you a new bottle every month, whether your want it or not, and charge you that same $89.95 each time.
You’re probably outraged that a company could get away with something so underhanded, but when you’ve seen it as many times as I have, you get a little numb to the outrage. You may even be thinking, “how the hell can they get away with this?” But trust me, they can and they do. I get questions and emails every single day from guys who’ve been taken in by this kind of scam. It really happens, and apparently, Alpha F1 participates.
Alpha F1 Pros Cons
We’ve hit all the major points about Alpha F1, high and low. So let’s lay it out straight, by listing the positives and negatives of buying and using Alpha F1. I find it helps us get to the real answer we’re looking for, namely, “is this stuff worth my time and money?”
Advantages of Alpha F1
The ingredient list is provided on the product website. This is actually very unusual for a product like this – sold only on the internet, so we do appreciate their candor.
The ingredients are all natural, and while that doesn’t mean it’s completely side effect-free, it means it’s not likely to cause much in the way of problems for anyone.
Disadvantages of Alpha F1
- The only real active ingredient is Eurycoma Longifolia, which is good, but at 100 mg per serving, it’s not going to do much.
- There’s no real scientific evidence showing that Alpha F1 is or can be effective.
- There are no reviews from customers that we could find. This means it’s tough to know what kinds of results actual guys are getting by using this stuff.
- It’s only available by using their scammy free trial offer.
Conclusion
We started this review talking about 4 big reasons why you probably shouldn’t waste your time, money, or energy on Alpha F1. Just take a look at the list of disadvantages and you’ll see them:
- The formula is weak.
- There’s no science to back it up.
- There’s no customer feedback to back it up.
- And you have to sign up for monthly billing just to try it.
The best advice I can give you is to stay away from Alpha F1 and products like it. They’re everywhere, and it would be completely understandable if you fell for it because many do, but you’d be much better off just steering clear.
Take this as an example as you look at other male enhancement products in the future and if you see similar ad strategies being used, you would be safe to go ahead and assume that things are too good to be true and that there is more than meets the eye.
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Rob Miller
Rob Miller founded SupplementCritique.com over 7 years ago, and has been the chief editor ever since. He has a diploma in Advanced Dietary Supplements Advisor, and worked at GNC for 3 years. He KNOWS supplements, both inside and out. Rob currently resides in Jupiter, FL, with his wife of 4 years. Learn more about him in his Bio here. Follow him on Twitter , Facebook, LinkedIn, or find him on Google +. View all posts by Rob Miller
