I just loaded up on some basic supps that I have been leaving out for a little bit. Multi-vitamin, fish oils, vitamin d, ZMA, and calcium. I got the calcium because there is hardly any in the multi.
My question is if I can take the calcium with the multi and vitamin d? I have read that you can’t take calcium or shouldn’t eat foods containing calcium before taking zma, because it messes up the absorption or something along those lines. I was curious if it will do the same with a multi and vitamin d? If that is also why its hard to find a multi with a lot of calcium? Or if that idea is flawed?
Probably hard to find a multi with a lot of calcium because they can only make the tablets so big. They can’t put optimal doses of everything in a multi. Look at a typical calcium tab… many of them are huge. Most multi formulas are marketed to the general public. Granny isn’t going to swallow a horse pill-sized multivitamin.
I take calcium with food, away from other mineral supplements, and away from caffeine. Food sources of calcium are probably the best (just a guess) but I take a little calcium supplementation too.
I’d take the calcium w/ the vitamin D as well… separate from the ZMA and possibly from the multi (separate it if you can but if its a pain then just do it w/ the multi and D)