@raulbanrjee's natural testosterone booster claims, fact-checked

What did @raulbanrjee actually say?

He claimed his testosterone jumped from 336 to 536 ng/dL in 90 days using a supplement called the God Pill, containing ashwagandha, shilajit, and tongkat ali. That's a 200-point gain he's attributing entirely to this product, with no synthetic hormones involved.

The framing matters here. He describes his baseline as symptomatic: low energy, poor recovery, absent motivation. He was "training hard" and "eating right" but stalled. Then one supplement changed everything. That's a compelling narrative, and it's exactly the kind of story that moves product. It's also exactly the kind of story that needs scrutiny before 107,000 people act on it.

He also mispronounces tongkat ali as "Dhankar Tali" in the actual audio, which is a minor point but worth noting for a product he's actively promoting with a discount code.

Does the science back this up?

Partly, but not at the magnitude he's claiming. The ingredients have real research behind them, but the effect sizes in clinical trials are modest, not transformational.

Ashwagandha has the strongest evidence. A 2019 randomized controlled trial by Lopresti et al. in Medicine found men taking 600mg of ashwagandha root extract for eight weeks saw testosterone increases of about 14.7% compared to placebo. That's meaningful, not miraculous. A 2015 study by Wankhede et al. in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition found similar modest gains alongside resistance training.

Shilajit has some supporting data too. A 2016 study by Pandit et al. in Andrologia found purified shilajit supplementation over 90 days raised total testosterone by roughly 20% in healthy male volunteers. Real, but not 60%.

Tongkat ali evidence is thinner. A 2013 pilot study by Tambi et al. in Andrologia showed testosterone improvements in men with late-onset hypogonadism, but sample sizes were small and results haven't been consistently replicated in larger trials.

A 60% increase from any combination of these ingredients, in 90 days, without other lifestyle changes, would be an outlier result. That doesn't mean it's impossible. It means it's not what the average person should expect.

What did they get wrong (or right)?

He got the ingredient selection roughly right. These aren't random pseudoscience herbs. They have peer-reviewed data. Credit where it's due.

What he got wrong is the certainty. Saying these are "scientifically shown to boost natural testosterone production" collapses a nuanced literature into a sales pitch. Studies show modest average effects under controlled conditions. They don't show a 60% personal result is reproducible.

He also never mentions confounders. Did his sleep improve over those 90 days? Did his diet actually change? Did his training volume shift? Testosterone is sensitive to all of these. A man who cleans up his sleep from six to eight hours a night can see meaningful testosterone changes from that alone, per research by Leproult and Van Cauter in JAMA, 2011.

The bigger problem is presenting his personal bloodwork as evidence the product works. That's an anecdote dressed up as a clinical result. His n equals one. The baseline of 336 ng/dL is technically within the low-normal range, which also means there's meaningful room for natural fluctuation between draws.

What should you actually know?

A testosterone reading of 336 ng/dL sits at the low end of normal for most labs, which typically range from about 300 to 1000 ng/dL. Whether that number explains his symptoms depends on context, including when the blood was drawn, how it was drawn, and what his free testosterone and SHBG levels looked like. A single morning draw versus an afternoon draw can shift results by 20 to 30%.

If you're experiencing genuine symptoms of low testosterone, the right first step is a conversation with a clinician who can order a full hormone panel, not a supplement with a discount code in the caption. Hypogonadism is a diagnosable condition with established treatment pathways.

That said, if your testosterone is borderline low and you're interested in lifestyle-first approaches, the herbs in this product aren't harmful choices for most healthy adults. Ashwagandha in particular has a reasonable safety profile at studied doses. But managing your expectations matters. A 15 to 20% improvement is more realistic than 60%. And if your symptoms are significant, over-the-counter supplements are not a substitute for clinical evaluation.

The discount code and affiliate framing of this video also means the creator has a direct financial incentive to share a positive outcome. That doesn't make his experience fake, but it should factor into how much weight you give it.