UMZU Testro-X & Redwood
UMZU, LLC, Christopher Walker (founder/CEO)
Evidence grade 2 of 5, Thin. Read how the Atlas grades evidence.
The written rationale for this grade is still being prepared.
- FDA
- Dietary supplement (not FDA-evaluated for efficacy)
Reference only. Not medical advice.
What can go wrong
Ashwagandha at 400 mg is below the ~600 mg studied dose. The founder has a direct ownership conflict, he diagnoses the problem and sells the solution. The FDA issued UMZU a warning letter in 2022 (disease/drug claims; products including Redwood), closed out in 2024.
This is something to take to a clinician. The Atlas can tell you what is known about umzu testro-x & redwood in general. It cannot tell you what is happening in your body, and the difference matters most for exactly the symptoms that bring people to this page.
Testro-X is the flagship testosterone-support product of UMZU, LLC (Boulder, CO), founded and led by Christopher Walker, who built an audience on his personal story of raising his own testosterone after a pituitary tumor. The night-time 3-capsule label reports magnesium 150 mg, zinc 15 mg, KSM-66 ashwagandha 400 mg, boron 10 mg, Coleus forskohlii 250 mg, plus glycine, inositol, and L-theanine. UMZU also sells Redwood (a nitric-oxide/circulation product). This is a vertically integrated model: Walker sells the protocols and the supplements.
An influencer-owned brand: the founder sells both the protocol and the pills.
What people take it for
These are the reasons people give for taking it. They are not effects it has been shown to have.
What people get wrong
Often saidThe founder raised his T from 11 to 1192 naturally, so the product works
ActuallyWalker's personal account is self-reported and reflects recovery from a pituitary tumor, not a controlled test of Testro-X. The finished product has no RCT.
Who profits, and who pushes back
Christopher Walker
Sells this. Has a commercial interest in a product sold as this compound, as of July 2026.
Owns the company; co-authored natural-T programs (THOR, Master Your T) with Ali Kuoppala before building UMZU. Direct ownership conflict on every Testro-X recommendation.
Content funnels to proprietary UMZU products; revenue flows directly to the founder.
At a glance
- Maker
- UMZU, LLC, Christopher Walker
- KSM-66 ashwagandha
- 400 mg
- Forskohlii
- 250 mg
- Serving
- 3 capsules at night
What this entry does not yet cover
What follows is unfinished work on our side, not a finding about UMZU Testro-X & Redwood. A short entry is not a safe entry.
- Timeline. We have not built the dated record of research and regulatory events.
- Cost and market. We have not documented what it sells for or who sells it.
- Supply chain. We have not mapped where it is made.
- Who uses it. We have not documented the user groups.
- What could change. No forward-looking summary yet.
- How it compares. We have not set it against the alternatives.
- Children and teenagers. We have not checked what is known about younger people.
- Where we land. We have not taken a position on this yet.
Sources
No sources recorded for this entry yet. Nothing on this page can be checked against a citation until that changes, so treat it as a summary awaiting its evidence.