Veteran bodybuilders know of ZMA. This article is for the the bodybuilding novice.
ZMA is a compound of zinc monomethionine aspartate, magnesium aspartate and vitamin B-6.
Zinc, in aspartate form, is more easily absorbed than other kinds, and the addition of vitamin
B-6 is thought to increase the effectiveness of the minerals.
A research study of the effects of ZMA was conducted by Lorrie Brilla, PhD, a professor at Western Washington University. Brilla published the results of the study in the Journal of Exercise Physiology in year 2000. The study found that when college football players who were doing a workout in the morning and a workout in the afternoon took ZMA, their testosterone levels did not drop as much as typically is seen. In fact, levels of testosterone and growth hormone (both of which are intimately linked to muscle growth) increased in those subjects taking ZMA and actually decreased in the control group, most likely as a result of intense training.
Zinc is involved in protein synthesis as well as maintaining various hormone levels, like testosterone. Zinc affects the way the body uses testosterone preventing it form changing into what is commonly called DHT, a bad form of testosterone. Magnesium also has various muscle-boosting effects, being a key player in the pathways that initiate muscle growth.
Therefore, male bodybuilders would be wise to use ZMA.
GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law
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