Red Boost: What It Is, What It Costs and Where to Buy It

What is on the label

Unlike most erection supplements, Red Boost shows a Supplement Facts label with an amount for nearly every ingredient. Per scoop:

• Vitamin C 300 mg (333% of the daily value).
• A blend of beetroot, cherry, lemon juice, acerola and blackberry powders, 1,500 mg in total.
• Horny goat weed extract 500 mg, L-citrulline DL-malate 500 mg, maca root 300 mg.
• Stinging nettle root extract 150 mg, tongkat ali extract “100:1” 100 mg.
• A nine-strain probiotic blend 100 mg, with no CFU count.

The other ingredients are natural flavours, stevia and cassia cinnamon. Three gaps remain: the amounts inside the fruit and beetroot blend, how much icariin the horny goat weed contains, and the probiotic count. Citrulline DL-malate is half citrulline, so a scoop holds about 250 mg of citrulline.

Ingredient illustrations by Health and Wellness Studies, not to scale. Package photos from the seller’s order page.

One scoop against the doses in the studies

The label makes it easy to compare Red Boost with the research, and the comparison is the problem:

The “100:1” on the tongkat ali describes how much root went into the extract, not how much active compound it contains, so it cannot be compared directly with the standardised extracts tested in trials.

What the research shows, at a glance

Red Boost itself has never been tested in a published study, so these ratings are for its main ingredients, from the studies in our full review:

• L-citrulline: in the University of Foggia study the sales page mentions, 24 men with mild erectile dysfunction took 1.5 g a day for a month. Erection hardness improved by one grade in half of them, against one in twelve on placebo. It was small, single-blind and short.
• Tongkat ali: a 2015 review of two trials (139 men) found no significant overall improvement in erectile function, with a benefit only in men who started with lower scores. A 2022 review found it raises testosterone, mainly in men with low levels.
• Maca: 2.4 g a day for 12 weeks raised erection scores by 1.6 points against 0.5 on placebo in 50 men with mild erectile dysfunction, and 1.5 or 3 g a day improved sexual desire after eight weeks.
• Horny goat weed: its compound icariin acts on the same enzyme as erection medicines in lab and animal studies; there are no good-quality human trials.
• Nettle root and beetroot: nettle root is studied for urinary symptoms of an enlarged prostate, not erections, and a share of a fruit blend is unlikely to supply much beetroot nitrate.

The “newly discovered root cause”

The sales page says the root cause of erection problems is oxidative stress in the smooth muscle, which it describes as tiny fibres on the pelvic floor. The idea behind it is real but not new. An erection depends on smooth muscle inside the penis and its arteries relaxing, through a chemical signal called nitric oxide, and that pathway has been understood since the 1990s. Prescription erection tablets work on it.

The smooth muscle involved is inside the erectile tissue, not the pelvic floor. And the most common reasons it stops working well are known too: narrowed blood vessels, diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, some medicines, low testosterone, stress and relationship problems. Several of these deserve treatment in their own right.

Who should avoid it, or ask first

• Blood pressure, heart and erection medicines: citrulline and beetroot can lower blood pressure. Ask your doctor first if you take blood pressure medicines, nitrates for chest pain, or tablets such as sildenafil or tadalafil.
• Heart disease: horny goat weed has been linked to a fast, irregular heartbeat in a man with heart failure, so people with heart disease should avoid it.
• Hormone-sensitive conditions: tongkat ali can raise testosterone, and maca extracts showed oestrogen-like activity in the lab, so check first if you have, or have had, prostate cancer or a similar condition.
• Diabetes and blood thinners: nettle root may add to the effect of diabetes and blood-thinning medicines.
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding: not studied, so not suitable.

Why a doctor’s visit should come first

Erection problems can be an early warning sign of heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, sometimes years before other symptoms. A doctor can check for those and for treatable causes, and the treatments with real evidence are not expensive:

Our erectile dysfunction guide and low testosterone guide explain what the research shows.

How Red Boost is marketed

The order page lists its prices clearly and shows the label, which is better than most in this category. It also leans on pressure and big promises:

• Urgency: a “limited time offer” while “stock lasts”, with crossed-out prices of $297, $891 and $1,782 that nobody pays.
• Popularity: it says millions of men are already enjoying the results, with nothing to support the figure.
• References: the list of 18 includes fenugreek and a saw palmetto and nettle product, neither of which is in the formula, and none tests Red Boost.
• Who it is pitched to: the seller’s page for affiliates suggests promoting it to people with diabetes or high blood pressure, the groups who most need a doctor’s advice about erection problems.
• After checkout: the seller tells affiliates the offer has upsells, so expect further offers after you pay; you can decline them.

Which package makes sense?

One jar costs $69 plus shipping. Three jars cost $177 ($59 each) and six cost $234 ($39 each). The order section shows shipping under three jars, while the FAQ says shipping is free on three or six, so check the total at checkout. It is a one-time payment with no subscription.

• One jar ($69 plus shipping) is the sensible way to try a formula with doses this far below the trials, and the 180-day refund covers it.
• Six jars ($234) are the cheapest per jar, at $1.30 a day, but that is half a year of an untested formula, and the refund needs every jar sent back.

How to take it, if you try it

• The dose: one scoop a day, mixed into water or another drink.
• Check first with your doctor or pharmacist if you take any regular medicine, especially for blood pressure, the heart or erections.
• Stop and get advice if you feel dizzy or faint, or notice a racing or irregular heartbeat.
• Keep your jars: the refund needs every jar returned, empty or not.
• Diary the deadline: the 180 days run from the day your order ships.

How the 180-day refund works

1. Email the seller’s support address with “Refund Request” in the subject, and wait for an agent to confirm.
2. Send back all your jars, empty and unopened, to the returns address in Tallmadge, Ohio, with a note giving your name, order number and email. You pay the return postage.
3. Email the tracking number to support, as the seller asks.
4. If you get no reply, ClickBank’s order support at clkbank.com can help, because ClickBank processed the payment.