Thread: help on making ZMA

Has anyone made there own ZMA before?

Like buy 30g zinc tablets 450g magnesium tablets and 10.5g B6 tablets and have one of each before bed would that be good? Can any of you guys recommend me a good way of making my own ZMA.

Originally Posted by 23spiro

Has anyone made there own ZMA before?

Like buy 30g zinc tablets 450g magnesium tablets and 10.5g B6 tablets and have one of each before bed would that be good? Can any of you guys recommend me a good way of making my own ZMA.

Buy ZMA? :) :)

Sorry..... as you've said, take the ingredients in the same ratio as ZMA and you're there. However, I'd rather just take one ZMA capsule to three seperate ones.

Fwiw: I'm not convinced you need to go down the genuine ZMA path. Just take zinc and magnesium and you'll be fine.

With ZMA you take 3capsules before bed anyway.

I just wanted to do it this way as a way of saving money and lasting me longer as ZMA will last only 60days. I was on iherb looking around and you can buy like 200capsules of 30g zinc 200capsules of B6 all different mg with magnesium I can not find one that is 450mg. Just wanted to see if any one has done it before and has had good results.

Originally Posted by 23spiro

With ZMA you take 3capsules before bed anyway.

I just wanted to do it this way as a way of saving money and lasting me longer as ZMA will last only 60days. I was on iherb looking around and you can buy like 200capsules of 30g zinc 200capsules of B6 all different mg with magnesium I can not find one that is 450mg. Just wanted to see if any one has done it before and has had good results.

Yes, sorry, indeed it is 3 caps.

I've not done it before, other than just take Zinc and Magnesium on their own.

i personally just take mag and zinc too.

i get b6, but in the morning

Hey Dava,

If you don't mind me asking what brand of zinc and mag do you take?

Now foods mag 400mg and twinlab zinc 50mg

G'day Dava,

Regarding the mag in ZMA it is 450mg would 400mg work just as well?

And all zinc and mag are different like some are better absorbed than others is that right?

Just some advice on which ones are better absorbed by are bodies as I read some were that mag oxide is a cheap form of mag.

I didn't think it through before ordering from iherb and got ZMA as well as a B complex so I won't be taking the two together.

This is the problem with taking a lot of supps. You can double or triple up on certain vitamins if you're not careful.

As for taking zinc, magnesium and b6 seperately, can someone explain the 2.4g of ZMA per serve below? I don't get why they say how much zinc and mag there is seperately when there's the additional 2.4g of ZMA which is the same two elements from my understanding. I can only presume that they want to keep the ratio secret.

Now Foods ZMA

Vitamin B-6 (from pyridoxine HCI) 15 mg 750%
Magnesium (from Magnesium Aspartate) 450 mg 110%
Zinc (from Zinc L-Methionine and Zinc Aspartate) 30 mg 200%
ZMA 2.4 g (2,400 mg) †

I have been taking 2 of these per night for a few days and they have worked quite well at lessening my insomnia.

Sorry to bump but how much r we talking by making your own ZMA??

Musashi ZMA+ 60 caps
$18 - $20 (take 4 caps) will last 15 days

OR

Cenovis Zinc plus 100tabs
$6 - $7 (take 1 tab)

Cenovis Magnesium 200 Tablets
$18 - $20 (take 1 tab)

The cenovis tabs taken together are pretty much the same except for magnesium which falls short about 100mg

ZMA $1.33 per serve
Cenovis tabs 17c per serve

thats a bloody big difference if my calculations are correct

Guys, we sell 100g of perfectly formulated ZMA for $22.

Given the dose is 540mg, for $22 you are getting almost 200 doses which equates to just over 10 cents a day.
This eliminates any hassle of buying serperate ingredients and blending them, and will likely end up cheapwr anyway.

Bulk Nutrients under test boosters

thanks will have a look :-)