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Jesse James West's Temu supplement test gets a scientist's warning

Pre-workout powder, nicotine patches and strong coffee enter the experiment, while a viewer raises a question about testing products together.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 989,953 views a day, 6.9 times a normal first day on this channel (144,380).

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Video summary

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0:26West examines and tries pre-workout powder and liquid L-carnitine bought from Temu.
1:14Dr. Mike Israetel warns against ingesting supplements with visible mold or impurities.
5:18Nicotine patches become the next workout test, with West assessing focus and calming effects.
10:08West tries beetroot powder mixed with baking soda during another training session.
14:28A strong-coffee test leads to a workout and a check of his heart-rate readings.
18:24West compares an authentic energy shot with a version purchased from Temu before training arms.

The warning comes early. Jesse James West finds strange clumps and black particles in supplements bought from Temu, then brings sports scientist Dr. Mike Israetel onto a video call.

"I would just completely rule out taking any supplements ever that have visible mold," Israetel tells him. That is advice about what to avoid, not confirmation of what the particles are.

West's "I Tested SCAM Temu Stimulants…" drew about 684,000 views in 12 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience. After his school-sports visits, this upload brings the experiment back to his own workouts, with a different product or combination on each day.

The opening combination goes badly. West trains after taking pre-workout powder and liquid L-carnitine, experiences stomach distress and heads for the restroom. Later, he receives a message saying the purported Cutler Nutrition supplement he bought is counterfeit, and assigns the combination his lowest rating.

The subsequent tests range from nicotine patches to beetroot powder mixed with baking soda, strong coffee and an energy-shot comparison. Israetel remains a sounding board, including when West's heart-rate response to the coffee is lower than expected. The description explicitly tells viewers not to recreate the experiment.

One substantive viewer objection concerns the setup rather than the spectacle: taking two products together makes it difficult to tell which caused a particular effect. That distinction matters most on the opening day, when West gives both products a shared verdict.

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What viewers say

It's not fair to use two products at the same time. If only one of them is bad and the other is fine, you'll end up feeling bad either way, and you'll end up labeling the second product—the one that's fine—as bad too.
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The facts

Channel: Jesse James West
Subscribers: 11,400,000 ▲ 100,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 24,424,690
Channel views, pace per day: 4,049,697 (on a normal day: 3,711,428)
Video published: October 25, 2026
Video views so far: 683,827 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 989,953

The numbers

The supplement experiment passed the channel's usual first-day views before it had been online a full day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

144,380

this video

989,953

subscribers

11,400,000

▲ 100,000 in the last 7 days

total views

3,702,446,825

views per day

4,049,697

typical day: 3,711,428

the video

views

683,827

likes

11,693

comments

863

days online

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

13,700,000

12,400,000

11,700,000

11,400,000

11,100,000

9,310,000

As of October 26, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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