“Leading adrenal gland authority, Dr. James L. Wilson, has estimated that 80% of the world’s population will experience adrenal fatigue at one point. I’ve even seen current estimates which state that 96% of the world is currently suffering from it.” – Jimmy Smith, T NATION author.
Not being a huge fan of all the commercial bodybuilding supplements out there, as most of them are full crap and are highly poisonous. But one of them does have a fair few benefits more than most, and that is the mineral support supplement known as ZMA.
ZMA stands for Zinc-Magnesium Aspartate. It has been been used by bodybuilders and strength type athletes for many years to naturally enhance their training and recovery from exercise. This is due to its effects on making the body more anabolic and less catabolic. This is because ZMA helps to control the amount of cortisol floating around the body. When there’s too much cortisol (a stress / break down hormone) in the body, it slows down the muscle and strength building response in the body.
So why is it that ZMA can help people with adrenal fatigue? Well in short, ZMA contains:
Zinc
Zinc helps the body relax, improves digestion, improves sleep and is involved with energy metabolism in the kreb cycle within the cells of the body. Having more energy is what people with any form of adrenal fatique need.
Magnesium
Magnesium acts like a spark plug for the adrenals and like Zine it is involved with energy metabolism in the kreb cycle within the cells of the body. Magnesium is also needed for the production of the enzymes and energy for the hormonal cascade (which means how hormones turn into other hormones) within the body.
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 is another co-factor in many of the enzymatic pathways in the adrenal cascade. People who are low in vitamin B6 tend not to remember their dreams. This is another reason why when people take ZMA to support their training sleep better (because of the zinc and magnesium) and have much more vivid dreams (because of the vitamin B6).
There are many other factors and more specific, natural and more potent supplements to help people with adrenal fatigue. But good old ZMA may be a good choice to use for improving and / or supporting adrenal function as well as enhancing your training.
Click on London Finest Supplements ZMA link to try ZMA today!
Also have a read on my other blog post on the signs and symptoms of adrenal fatigue.
Then have a read of this great article by Jimmy Smith on the T NATION website on adrenal fatigue and other supplements / factors that can help.
If you want a more in-depth understanding of adrenal fatigue, the best and number one book on it is Adrenal Fatigue The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by Dr. James L. Wilson.
Best of luck!
Joe
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