Priceplow just released a review, and it goes into a lot of detail:
https://blog.priceplow.com/supplement-news/antaeus-labs-ultratest
We are still hard at work on an even longer write-up -- which is probably going to be nearly book-length by the time it's done.
But to respond specifically to this:
Okay, so Tongkat Ali has credible ergogenic effects, and vitamins D3 and K2 won't hurt on a bulk... and, of course, the more testosterone, the better.
But there's something more. I want to share something that hasn't yet been mentioned in any writeup, though I'm sure a few of you have already noticed: There's a very interesting ingredient that's not on the label.
Bixin. The presence of this unique carotenoid is why the liquid is reddish-orange; it's present in the product in large amounts, and it's impossible to miss it.
Bixin, taken
topically or
orally, is good for your skin. It also promotes
cutaneous wound healing, and the
healing of ulcers.
For the same reasons, i.e. by the same mechanism, bixin supports lung health; it seems able to prevent or ameliorate damage from
air pollution or
mechanical injury.
Also, at very low doses, bixin is also
good for your liver. Like phytol and geranylgeraniol, it's a PPAR-alpha agonist with positive metabolic effects -- lipid-lowering and anti-adipogenic. These effects are
apparent in vivo at low doses. (This paper compares bixin to a bixin-cyclodextrin complex. Unsurprisingly, there's very little difference between the two. Bixin, like most carotenoids, has very high native bioavailability.)
Ultratest is the
only supplement that contains bixin. So there's a little something in addition to its test-boosting properties.
Here's why this is relevant:
Bixin, and its major metabolite norbixin, can help you cope with high-calorie "bulking" meals. It helps to negate the postprandial inflammatory response, which is basically catabolic and deleterious. IL-1, by itself, is
bad enough.
...I think that this property alone makes a strong case for Ultratest's inclusion in bulking regimens.