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SkinnyPupp · 02-03-2012, 06:05 PM

Note that you don't have to take ZMA.. any Magnesium and Zinc supplement will be fine.

125 day supply of NOW Mag Citrate: $11 (400mg magnesium, 2 tabs)
120 day supply of NOW Zinc Picolinate: $7 (50mg zinc, 1 tab)
TOTAL: $18

Alternative: 120 day supply of NOW Mag Malate: $16.50 (450mg magnesium, 3 tabs)

120 days of SciFit ZMA (2 180 cap bottles) (30mg zinc, 450mg magnesium, 3 caps)
TOTAL: $40

So ZMA is kind of overpriced when you can get the same thing from pure supplements. Some people just take it because it's easier to get it all from one bottle, I guess.

Also what I like about going the non-ZMA route is you don't get the B6 which would negatively interact with 5-HTP

Whatever mineral you get, make sure it is a chelate - ending in "ATE" instead of "IDE". So Magnesium Malate, Aspartate, Citrate, etc all good. Oxide = crap

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SkinnyPupp Hacked RS to become a mod Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong Posts: 55,118 Thanked 25,920 Times in 9,111 Posts Failed 1,574 Times in 720 Posts Member's Picture Albums	Note that you don't have to take ZMA.. any Magnesium and Zinc supplement will be fine. 125 day supply of NOW Mag Citrate: $11 (400mg magnesium, 2 tabs) 120 day supply of NOW Zinc Picolinate: $7 (50mg zinc, 1 tab) TOTAL: $18 Alternative: 120 day supply of NOW Mag Malate: $16.50 (450mg magnesium, 3 tabs) 120 days of SciFit ZMA (2 180 cap bottles) (30mg zinc, 450mg magnesium, 3 caps) TOTAL: $40 So ZMA is kind of overpriced when you can get the same thing from pure supplements. Some people just take it because it's easier to get it all from one bottle, I guess. Also what I like about going the non-ZMA route is you don't get the B6 which would negatively interact with 5-HTP Whatever mineral you get, make sure it is a chelate - ending in "ATE" instead of "IDE". So Magnesium Malate, Aspartate, Citrate, etc all good. Oxide = crap