Quercus: you said:
"I was also going to respond that I have taken ZMA and am now taking what I think is the equivalent, just buying the zinc and magnesium separately."
Are these aspartate versions? One of the important things about ZMA is the fact that they are aspartate versions. Normally magnesium is sold as an oxide, and it has been found to have a low bioavailability. The cheapest ZMA I found so far on netrition.com was ISS and Biotest (surprisingly considering their products tend to have very high prices.) It has been over a year since I bought the GNC version of ZMA, and got a good price when I bought it at the buy 1 get the second at half price. I cannot remember what the price was though.
I know gardener talked about worries of being labeled a dirty old man. This is my goal.
The talks of longevity reminded me of a study I found that showed replacing corn oil with fish oil in short lived mice resulted in an increase in longevity almost equal to a calorie restricted diet. (CR) If you didn't know, CR diets produce life extension in every animal tested. (Under eating without under nutrition.)
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