Men's Health

Men's Health Evidence Ranking

Within this category, verdicts with higher evidence scores appear first. Verdicts without a score stay lower in the same list.

• C 57 Stinging nettle root extract x Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia
  The large pooled IPSS effect combines heterogeneous formulations and comparators under very low certainty, while quality of life was null, supporti... · View verdict →
• C 55 Rye grass pollen extract (Cernilton) x Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia
  Only the specific Cernilton preparation has self-rated symptom signals; urinary flow and residual volume were null, and the updated Cochrane record... · View verdict →
• C 54 Quisqualis fruit extract powder (Combretum indicum) x Prostate health and improved urinary symptoms
  HU033 improved IPSS at 12 weeks, but objective measures were inconsistent and independent replication and clinical outcomes are absent, resulting i... · View verdict →
• C 50 Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia) x Male vitality and testosterone
  There is a testosterone surrogate-marker signal, but independent replication and clinical endpoints are weak, so the grade is C. · View verdict →
• C 48 Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) x Testosterone, strength, blood glucose, and lactation
  Glucose markers are C, testosterone/strength is C-, and lactation is D/C-, so the combined whole is close to the lower end of C. · View verdict →
• C 48 Pygeum (African plum tree bark extract) x Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia
  A positive pooled signal remains, but the evidence consists of old, short, small, low-quality trials without modern large independent replication,... · View verdict →
• C 48 Lespedeza cuneata extract powder x Improved male climacteric symptoms
  Only AMS and ADAM were positive in one Naturalway-linked trial, with null objective outcomes and no standalone replication, resulting in C with 48... · View verdict →
• C 46 Maca (maca; Lepidium meyenii, including gelatinized maca powder/black maca) x Vitality and male function (sexual desire, erectile function, late-onset hypogonadism symptoms, sperm parameters)
  There are small RCT signals for sexual desire, erection, and late-onset hypogonadism symptoms, but sperm, testosterone, and exercise vitality are u... · View verdict →
• C 43 Pumpkin seed oil x Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia and male androgenetic alopecia
  Oil signals exist for urinary symptoms and hair count, but after excluding GRANU misattribution, evidence is small and product-specific, supporting... · View verdict →
• C 43 Shilajit x Improvement of testosterone, sperm, and fatigue
  Hormone surrogates, uncontrolled sperm data, and a strength-subgroup signal are concentrated on a manufacturer ingredient, resulting in C with 43 p... · View verdict →
• D 32 Zinc x Prostate, sperm, and male reproduction
  For prostate, sperm, and fertility efficacy in general men, the null result of a large RCT supports a D grade. · View verdict →
• F 14 Tribulus terrestris (Tribulus terrestris) x Male vitality, testosterone, and exercise performance
  The core advertising claims of increased testosterone and improved exercise performance lean null in repeated RCTs. · View verdict →
• F 12 D-aspartic acid x Increase in testosterone and muscle
  Multiple controlled trials repeatedly refute benefits for testosterone, muscle, and strength, supporting F with 12 points. · View verdict →
• F score not listed Saw palmetto x prostate health (urination) and hair-loss relief
  No effect has been repeatedly confirmed · View verdict →
• ? score not listed Horny goat weed (Epimedium species, icariin) x Improvement of erectile function and libido
  Human absorption has been studied, but there is no human trial from which to judge erectile function or libido efficacy, supporting ?. · View verdict →
• ? score not listed Fadogia agrestis x Increased testosterone and male vitality
  There is no human efficacy literature and only rodent evidence, so the grade is ? and no score is assigned. · View verdict →
• ? score not listed Damiana (Turnera diffusa) x Improved libido and sexual function
  There is no human monotherapy efficacy literature and only combination evidence, so the grade is ? and no score is assigned. · View verdict →
• ? score not listed Yohimbe bark extract (Pausinystalia johimbe) x Improved erectile function and libido
  Drug evidence for yohimbine cannot be transferred to inconsistently dosed yohimbe bark supplements, and no direct clinical trial exists, resulting... · View verdict →
• ? score not listed Cistanche tubulosa extract x Improvement of testosterone and sexual function
  There is no ingredient-only human efficacy literature for testosterone or sexual function, so the grade is ? and the score is null. · View verdict →