Basic supplements

[NewCell Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close NewCell]

Hey

So I've heard around pegym one should take 45mg of zinc per day, and b vit complex pill on top of a multivitamin pill
On my multivit pills it says 100% RDA of Zinc (15mg) 100% RDA of B vits.

Do I really need more Zinc and B vits than what the vitamin pill makers say?

[blink2000 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close blink2000]

I'm taking a supplement called ZMA (it includes zinc, magnesium and vitamin B6). It seems to be working.

It has to be taken on an empty stomach, and you can't take it at the same time as anything else with calcium (that includes whey, milk, etc).

The zinc in my multi-vitamin seems to do nothing (it's pretty inert and ineffective in that format).

[NewCell Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close NewCell]

Some more questions...

Will taking 30mg of plain cheap zinc tabs on an empty stomach be helpful? before bed time perhaps? (yet to find cheap ZMA)

Given that the zinc is useless in the multivitamin can I count that as 0mg and perhaps take 45mg of the zinc tabs?

About.. Ginkgo Biloba.. time of day? All at once? spread throughout the day? empty stomach?
About regular Multivitamin tabs.. same questions as G.B

[RockstarParkingDude Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RockstarParkingDude]

ZMA shouldn't cost much. i just googled it and found one for 10 dollars a bottle. you can probably find the same at a vitamin store 20 at most. i believe that the zinc and magnesium are in an aspartate form. its a different salt than the one in normal zinc or mag tablets, probably has better absorption rates.