ZMA Timing

Diet and Nutrition
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Really the title should cover all of the late night supps I take on an empty stomach but alas, that would make for quite the mouthful as titles go.

I take ZMA, GABA, and for now an herbal sleep aid and DHEA, just before bed time on an empty stomach.

Some nights, like tonight, I tend to be a bit pressed for time, and wonder if I could not instead delay my final meal, take the supps about an hour before bedtime, wait 30-45 minutes for them to start to activate, and then have my final meal (which right now is a shake).

I THINK that should mean similar results as my usual, no? I THINK I have done it this way on occasion in the past but my memory is not spot on and I like to be sure about this kind of thing if possible.

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The only stipulation I know of with ZMA is to avoid taking it with calcium (i.e. milk), so if you use milk in your shake i would opt for water instead.

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Just curious, why is it bad to take zma with calcium?

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[quote]biglift88 wrote:
Just curious, why is it bad to take zma with calcium?[/quote]

The calcium can hinder the absorption of the zinc in the ZMA.

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You could still eat your final meal on time. I just take my ZMA around 30 minutes before my final meal. Eat. Then sleep for dessert.

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I just changed my final to avoid calcium in it. I now kangaroo mince instead of a calcium shake.

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Take the supps, wait 40 mins, eat, sleep. If you do that, you can have calcium with your last meal–the ZMA will have already absorbed.

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[quote]SBT wrote:
biglift88 wrote:
Just curious, why is it bad to take zma with calcium?

The calcium can hinder the absorption of the zinc in the ZMA.[/quote]

Really?
I just got Calcium-Zinc-Magnesium mix. Nice! What do I do now? I guess I have to finish it.