When it comes to naturally sweetened supplements, this company does it the best. 

Transparent Labs doesn't use any artificial sweeteners or preservatives but they still create some of the most effective supplements we've seen. 

This stack includes:

• Bulk
• Growth
• 100% Grass-Fed Protein Isolate
• Creatine HMB 

All of these supplements will enhance recovery and you'll be able to hit the gym with 100% effort quicker. 

It also comes with Bulk, a pre-workout that has just enough caffeine to power you through your workouts but without being overpowered with stimulants.

Enhance is Huge Nutrition’s testosterone booster. 

Huge Nutrition has a few anabolic supplements, but this is designed to maximize testosterone production.

Starting off with 4000iu vitamin D3, this is a vital ingredient to have for testosterone production. 

Most men are deficient with this vitamin because of not getting enough sunlight. 

Zinc is next and this is another vitamin that plays a role in testosterone production.

Even athletes struggle with their zinc intake and this is important to have for proper immune function as it can act as an antibacterial agent.

It’s an important mineral to have for protein synthesis and consuming it in a supplement ensures you get enough of it. 

SelenoExcell is a patented ingredient of selenium and since it’s a trace mineral, the body only requires a little amount to get the most out of it. 

Being deficient in selenium puts your health at risk for chronic conditions like infections, cancer and heart related diseases. 

The main reason why it’s here is because it has potent antioxidant properties.

Together with zinc, it will help keep your immune system strong.

In addition to vitamin D3 and selenium is boron citrate, another important mineral that plays a role in bone health, wound healing, and has properties for being anti-inflammatory as well as being able to enhance cognition, estrogen and testosterone levels. [1]

That’s a long list of benefits, and it synergizes with vitamin D3 since it can prevent the breakdown of it. [2]

And now we get to the fun stuff.

Enhance features a mix of anabolic ingredients from BryoViron extract, to Korean mistletoe, KSM-66, longjack, PrimaVie and Safed Musli. 

One ingredient you probably haven’t seen before is Korean mistletoe. 

Korean mistletoe has been traditionally used in eastern medicine to enhance fat loss and fight diabetes. 

However it’s been added here for its ability to decrease muscle atrophy by inhibiting the atrogin-1 gene.

Safed Musli, another ingredient you may have seen a few times, is similar to tribulus. 

It’s standardized to 50% saponins, which is the bioactive compound that provides the benefits to this ingredient and tribulus has the same properties. 

Safed Musli is an adaptogen traditionally used in ayurvedic medicine to improve males health and sexual health. [3, 4]

It also has anti-stress, antioxidant and immune improving properties. [5, 6]

Since Huge Nutrition has labelled the standardization used, users know they are getting 50% saponins from safed musli extract. 

PrimaVie and longjack both play a role in testosterone production. 

PrimaVie is a high quality standardized extract and clinically studied form of shilajit from Natreon. 

Shilajit has several benefits including supporting healthy testosterone levels, energy, endurance, collagen and bone health. [7]

One study found participants taking 250mg of shilajit twice a day had higher levels of total and free testosterone levels while the placebo group had a decrease. [8]

Longjack contains various phytochemicals, ranging from quassinoids, tannins, alkaloids and triterpenes.

These phytochemicals are why longjack extract has anticoagulant, aphrodisiac, antioxidative, antibacterial, anxiolytic, and much more. [9]

A number of studies have found taking 100mg of longjack for five weeks increased lean body mass, muscle size and strength. [10]

Ashwagandha is known to be a stress killer because of its ability to significantly decrease cortisol levels, in fact it does this so well that it’s known to perform as well as some pharmaceutical drugs as it doesn’t have any side effects. 

Increase cortisol levels can decrease testosterone levels. 

Lowering cortisol levels will help increase testosterone levels and optimize it’s production. [11, 12]

One study had participants take 600mg of ashwagandha for 8 weeks and they found them to have 15% higher testosterone levels than the placebo group. 

And luckily, Huge Nutrition is using the high quality patented extract of ashwagandha, KSM 66 and the full clinical dose of 600mg. 

Laxogenin is an interesting compound.

It’s a natural steroidal compound found in green plants and in supplements, it’s promoted as an natural anabolic agent to increase testosterone and strength levels without any side effects. 

Studies have found this compound to have anabolic activities without side effects. [13]

Meaning it can enhance testosterone production, lean mass, and strength without the acne, hair loss or aggression. 

It’s often compared to anavar because it has similar anabolic and androgenic ratings. While this isn’t backed by research, Laxogenin does seem to promote protein synthesis and reduce protein breakdown. [14, 15]

Users report anecdotally that taking 100-150mg is decent for strength and muscle gains. 

Or if you want something more potent and has Laxogenin, check out Sapogenix. 

Epitech is made of 3 ingredients, the first one being epicatechin. 

This ingredient is one of the best muscle building ingredients for natural lifters because of it’s ability to inhibit a myokine myostatin. 

Myostatin is a myokine that can suppress muscle growth. One human study found that epicatechin has been found to decrease this 16% while increasing follistatin by 50%. 

Follistatin can increase muscle growth, and epicatechin has been found to increase follistatin by as much as 50%. 

While that particular study did not measure lean mass changes, it still shows promising potential. 

Another study in 2015 had participants take anywhere from 50-200mg of epicatechin had no side effects and compared to day 1 epicatechin users, the users who had been taking epicatechin for 5 days had 2.5 times more follistatin levels. 

It’s possible to get epicatechin from food but you wouldn’t be able to get much without consuming a lot of calories. 

To get 60-70mg of epicatechin, you would need to eat 200 calories worth of dark chocolate, and the chocolate would have to be 85% cocoa, like Lindt’s chocolate (not processed with alkali or Dutch process).

For bodybuilding, arachidonic acid is an exciting compound because of it’s promise to increase protein synthesis and muscle size. 

Taking 1.5g of ArA (arachidonic acid) has been shown to help to increase lean mass, strength and overall power. 

ArA is a omega 6 fatty acid found in the phospholipids of a body’s cells. It increases the production of eicosanoids of signaling molecules that control inflammatory and immunity pathways. 

The more ArA in the body, the more eicosanoids are produced and the more inflammation is made. 

Systemic inflammation over a long period of time is bad but a cycle of ArA will increase inflammation of muscle tissue of where it’s directed. 

It also works as a potent vasodilator. [16]

ArA helps increase the production of metabolites, the ones we’re interested in are the prostaglandins. 

Both Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostaglandin F2-alpha (PGF2 alpha) are increased with ArA supplementation. 

PEGF2 can enhance muscle growth by increasing protein synthesis. [17, 18]

Arachidone contains the exact dosage used in the clinical studies, 1.5g, making the perfect choice for muscle building.