Anyone who's taken ZMA

[Canefan17]

Can you tell me some things?

Any side effects?

On the label it says avoid taking with dairy products and to take it before bed.

Well I eat cottage cheese every night before bed and I'm wondering how this will negatively effect me.

Also, did you experience strength gains using it?

Thanks

[mikestraussen]

It's been shown to do absolutely nothing for test levels.

The only benefits are the relaxing effects of magnesium.


And you can't take it with calcium because it competes for absorption with the magnesium I think.

[vazquez]

25mg - 30mg of zinc

425mg - 475mg of magnesium

you don't take it with dairy products because calcium inhibits its absorption.

i take a supp called zmk by millennium sports nutrition, here is my review - http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=5447923

side effects - none

strength gains - well that depends if you are defficient in these.

i get so much more restful sleep.

[WordzWorf]

I take it almost every night before my last meal.No negative side effects,but I have had some pretty weird dreams because of it.

[Canefan17]

So does anybody even recommend taking it?

Does it mess with your emotions at all?

[kelso]

It definately helps sleep... It really only helps boost test if your low to begin with. I enjoy the help with sleep I get while taking it though. No, its not psychotropic, so it doesn't effect mood/emotion.

If you sleep at 10, take your ZMA at 9, eat your cottage cheese at 9:40.. That allows enough time for the ZMA to be absorbed by the body so that the calcium in the cottage cheese doesn't interfere.

[Canefan17]

It definately helps sleep... It really only helps boost test if your low to begin with. I enjoy the help with sleep I get while taking it though. No, its not psychotropic, so it doesn't effect mood/emotion.

If you sleep at 10, take your ZMA at 9, eat your cottage cheese at 9:40.. That allows enough time for the ZMA to be absorbed by the body so that the calcium in the cottage cheese doesn't interfere.

thanks

[Super Scoop]

It does help with restful sleep, which will help with recovery. I would have your cottage cheese then about an hour to hour and half later take the ZMA. That way you don't have the cottage cheese in your stomach, which may illicit and insulin response, inhibiting GH response as you sleep.

[Cub]

Can anyone else vouch for strange dreams whilst using ZMA? I'm very skeptical when it comes to supplements and their effects but I've been using ZMA (again) for about two weeks now and can relate to messed up dreams! I wonder if it's just a coincidence or a side effect from the ZMA?

[Super Scoop]

If you are in a deeper sleep (REM sleep) you are more likely to dream more. I do believe I have heard of others sometimes having strange or different dreams while on ZMA. I think it really depends on the individual.

[kelso]

I know it affected my dreams.. they were more vivid and i remembered them more frequently.

[darkfact]

Can anyone else vouch for strange dreams whilst using ZMA? I'm very skeptical when it comes to supplements and their effects but I've been using ZMA (again) for about two weeks now and can relate to messed up dreams! I wonder if it's just a coincidence or a side effect from the ZMA?

I took it for awhile a couple years ago and my best memory from it is that I slept like a baby and experienced vivid dreams.

[MOHAWKA]

It does help with restful sleep, which will help with recovery. I would have your cottage cheese then about an hour to hour and half later take the ZMA. That way you don't have the cottage cheese in your stomach, which may illicit and insulin response, inhibiting GH response as you sleep.

side note: so this why its bad too eat sugar or carbs b4 bed?

[HouseOfPainUK]

Z-Mass PM by Cytodyne is a good ZMA supplement with added 20-Hydroxyecdysone