You wouldn’t purchase a pair of shoes marketed under the name Nieke or Adedas would you? The fact that a product is named as an attempt to mimic another popular and powerful item brings up a huge red flag. The same concept goes for A-HD.

BPI Sports has come out with a testosterone boosting supplement that is designed to increase testosterone levels while inhibiting estrogen secretion and minimizing estrogen activity. It was originally called Arimedex-HD, not to be mistaken for the prescription estrogen inhibitor Arimidex. They had to change the name due to copyright infringements. Is that a company you want to be dealing with?

The makers of A-HD claim that it will increase testosterone production while minimizing estrogen activity. We decided to do our own research to see if we could determine the pros and cons of A-HD.

Ingredients

A-HD contains a few ingredients, most of which are consisted in a proprietary blend. We were able to find what chemicals were included in that blend. Here is what we found:

Niacin: This ingredient is not part of the proprietary blend but is still useful in increasing HDL, a good cholesterol.

Tracheloside: This chemical, along with the four more listed below, is part of A-HD’s proprietary blend. Trachelosides are relatively unknown to researchers, but BPI Sports claims that it has potent anti-estrogenic activity.

Secoisolariciresinol Diglycoside: Like tracheloside, secoisolariciresinol diglycoside does not have any official research showing anti-estrogenic properties; not that we could find anyway. But BPI Sports says it will inhibit aromatase and helps reduce muscle damage during workouts.

Pterostilbene: This ingredient is considered an antioxidant and can reduce inflammation and according to the makers of A-HD, it will also increase testosterone production.

Gingerol: We were actually able to find a study done using gingerol on mice showing that the chemical did, in fact, increase levels of testosterone.

Caffeic Acid: This chemical has no relation to caffeine even though its spelling is similar. Caffeic Acid is considered an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory ingredient.

Pros

According to BPI Sports, all of the ingredients in A-HD have been studied and proven effective. While we weren’t able to find these studies in our own research, that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. If in fact these ingredients have been tested and shown to work, BPI Sports may have a very powerful product.

Also, we were able to find a month’s supply of A-HD for $26.95 online. You can purchase it from just about any supplement website and at just under $30, A-HD just might be a good deal.

Cons

The proprietary blend in A-HD is a bad sign. The entire blend is 250mg, but BPI Sports does not list the amount of each individual ingredient. So even if the ingredients were truly tested and proven to be effective, we have no way of knowing if A-HD contains the correct dosage of each ingredient. We are skeptical of the unknown when it comes to testosterone boosters.

Also, as we stated in the beginning of this review, the fact that BPI Sports had to change the name of their product due to copyright infringements shows us a lot about the quality of the company.

Conclusion

We recommend staying away from A-HD simply because we don’t think it will work for you. It was designed to essentially mimic a powerful prescription drug, but the fact is, it doesn’t carry the same benefits. Do yourself a favor and try something else.