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anybody know if this dream effect is dependent upon diet, I mean if you take it before bedtime with a snack, will it not have the dream effect (for those that don't want it). I mean tryptophan was a sleep inducer but you couldn't take it with any protein source, although carbs were ok (cause the other amino acids would crowd out the trptophan out of the blood brain barrier and it wouldn't get to the brain)

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You're supposed to take it on an empty stomach before bed. Calcium and zinc compete for the same uptake in your body (the same receptors or whatever...i suck at biology), and your body much "prefers" calcium, so taking the ZMA with other food is basically useless apparently (or at least far less useful)

-Mike