Iori Yagami, after your feedback on Animal Pak, I have started taking it. 11 tablets for this and 9 tablets for Nitrix everyday coupled with >120 fl oz of water is getting extreme in the beginning, but hopefully the Pak will be beneficial in the long-term.
You talked about ZMA. How effective is this product? I read up on it and it of all the positives, the one thing which struck me and it was important from the view of daily diet is you have to have low calcium intake in order for your body to get the most out of Zinc and Magnesium, the elements helping in the growth and nutrition of muscles and bones, since calcium sucks in/absorbs the Zinc's and Magnesium's. The recommended intake of it is half-hour before you sleep at night. Any thoughts on the reduced dosage of calcium? Also, on this, which brand did you take? Bottle name would be helpful in further research.
If you are just taking the multi vitamins from animal pak then there is no need to worry heh.
I used optimum nutritions ZMA. I didnt really cut down on calcium. Never really thought about it . There are some studies that show that it is very beneficial. But there were also some studies that showed that the athletes in these studies were already deficient in zinc and magnesium. But this only showed that as an athlete unless you are replenishing these minerals through a source you are going to need to take them. I suggest , if you want to, get ON's ZMA and take it as directed on the bottle.