What did @mrsalbaramos actually say?
She didn't make hard testosterone claims herself, which is worth noting. She said the smoothie is "apparently really good for men and testosterone and other things like that for the male body" and made clear she's repeating what she's heard, not asserting established fact. The ingredients she listed include raw bull testicle, cistanche, fadogia agrestis, creatine, collagen, and fruit juice. She presents this as something her partner drinks "almost every day." The hedged language is honest, but it doesn't make the underlying assumptions any more supported by evidence.
The core implication of the video is that this combination of ingredients, anchored by raw animal glandular tissue, benefits male hormonal health. That's the claim we need to examine.
Does the science back this up?
For most of these ingredients, the honest answer is: weakly, partially, or not at all in humans. Creatine is the one clear exception. The glandular tissue and the herbal stack are a different story.
Creatine monohydrate has robust evidence for improving strength, muscle performance, and body composition. A 2017 meta-analysis by Lanhers et al. in the European Journal of Sport Science confirmed significant upper body strength gains. That's legitimate. Collagen supplementation has some evidence for joint health and skin, less so for muscle mass directly. Fadogia agrestis has shown testosterone-related effects in rat studies, most cited being Yakubu et al. (2005) in the Asian Journal of Andrology, but no human clinical trials exist. Cistanche tubulosa has some adaptogenic and neuroprotective animal data, but again, human testosterone evidence is absent. Raw bull testicle as a dietary supplement has zero published human clinical trials supporting hormonal benefit.
What did they get wrong (or right)?
They got the hedging right. Saying "apparently" and "I don't drink it" signals personal uncertainty rather than medical authority. That's better than most glandular supplement content on this platform.
What's missing is any acknowledgment of the real risks. Raw organ meat, including testicle, carries genuine food safety concerns: E. coli, Salmonella, and other pathogens that cooking eliminates. The USDA does not recommend consuming raw organ meats. Blending raw tissue does not sterilize it.
Fadogia agrestis also warrants a direct warning. Yakubu et al. (2008) in Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine found testicular toxicity in rats at higher doses. The therapeutic window in humans is unknown. Pairing it with cistanche and raw glandular tissue without medical supervision is not a responsible stack recommendation, even by implication.
The "like organ meat as a testosterone supplement" idea draws from ancestral health influencer culture, not endocrinology. A bull's testicles do contain testosterone, but oral ingestion of hormones is largely degraded by first-pass liver metabolism. You don't absorb meaningful testosterone by eating it. That's basic pharmacology.
What should you actually know?
If you or your partner are genuinely concerned about low testosterone, the starting point is a blood test, not a smoothie. Hypogonadism is a diagnosable condition with evidence-based treatment options including testosterone replacement therapy, which is overseen by licensed clinicians who can monitor hematocrit, PSA, and other relevant markers.
No food or supplement combination has been shown in peer-reviewed human trials to meaningfully raise serum testosterone in men with clinically low levels. Lifestyle factors, specifically resistance training, adequate sleep, reduced alcohol intake, and body composition management, have more consistent evidence than any of the ingredients in this smoothie.
Creatine is worth keeping. The rest of this stack, particularly the raw testicle and fadogia, needs scrutiny before anyone makes it a daily habit. If you're on any medications or have underlying health conditions, talk to a clinician before adding fadogia or cistanche to your routine. The evidence base simply isn't there to assume they're safe at the doses used in popular supplements.