More Supplement Questions:

[HULKAMANIA]

I just got some of my supplements in today from Vitacost and Puritan's Pride. I've got some questions about them:

ZMA: The label recommends taking it 30-60 minutes before bedtime. That's cool. I can do that, but it goes on to say that I should avoid taking with dairy or other calcium containing foods or supplements. If I take my ZMA and then an hour later eat a cup of cottage cheese with some fruit in it, do you think I'm doing myself a disservice? Am I screwing with the supplement?

Omega 3-6-9: I got some of these for a great price at Puritan's Pride. The label says to take 3 daily with a meal. Should I take one with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or should I take 3 at a time with one meal. If it's the latter, does it matter which meal I take it with? Is this a lot of fuss over nothing?

 

[Pseudo-Figure]

I just got some of my supplements in today from Vitacost and Puritan's Pride. I've got some questions about them:

ZMA: The label recommends taking it 30-60 minutes before bedtime. That's cool. I can do that, but it goes on to say that I should avoid taking with dairy or other calcium containing foods or supplements. If I take my ZMA and then an hour later eat a cup of cottage cheese with some fruit in it, do you think I'm doing myself a disservice? Am I screwing with the supplement?

Omega 3-6-9: I got some of these for a great price at Puritan's Pride. The label says to take 3 daily with a meal. Should I take one with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or should I take 3 at a time with one meal. If it's the latter, does it matter which meal I take it with? Is this a lot of fuss over nothing?

You might want to stick with eggs before you go to bed if you're taking zma. That's what I do. I normally eat cottage cheese on my fourth meal out of 6/7.

I'd take your Omega's every meal except breakfast if you're only taking them in capsule form. Next time you plan on buying a Fatty Acid supplement I'd suggest trying udo

 

[fat_wilhelm]

Hulk --

Don't listen to the egg advice. Keep cottage cheese as your last meal of the day, before bed. It has an absolutely perfect makeup for a pre-bed snack for the reasons I mentioned in your "U Cafeteria" thread. It shouldn't interfere w/ the ZMA the way you laid it out, either. An hour separation should be plenty.

As far as the Omega, it shouldn't make a heck of a lot of difference, but it's usually best to split it up w/ different meals.

 

[HULKAMANIA]

Did I ever tell you you're my hero?

 

[Pseudo-Figure]

Hulk --

Don't listen to the egg advice. Keep cottage cheese as your last meal of the day, before bed. It has an absolutely perfect makeup for a pre-bed snack for the reasons I mentioned in your "U Cafeteria" thread. It shouldn't interfere w/ the ZMA the way you laid it out, either. An hour separation should be plenty.

As far as the Omega, it shouldn't make a heck of a lot of difference, but it's usually best to split it up w/ different meals.

Ah , egg whites are a bad idea why? Sorry if i rained on your advice parade. 1 cup off cottage cheese contains 30% of the recommended value of calcium.

 

[fat_wilhelm]

Pseudo -

Egg whites aren't a bad idea. It's just that cottage cheese is pure casein protein, which is super slow digesting, making it perfect for a pre-bed snack. Unlike whey, which is used up very quickly, casein is absorbed throughout the night.

I know cottage cheese has a good deal of calcium, but if he separates it from the ZMA by an hour or so, as mentioned, it shouldn't interfere.

 

[Pseudo-Figure]

Okay , I was just giving my 2cents.