FOR WHEN

YOU THOUGHT

IT WAS A

GOOD IDEA AT

THE TIME...

Benzydamine Hydrochloride

Mu

scle

(^) relaxan
t^ b
ra
nd
PRESCRIBED
BR
OU
GHT^
TO YOU
(^) BY
1
For more information, speak to your healthcare professional. Further information is available on request from iNova Pharmaceuticals. Name and business address of applicant: iNova Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd. Co. Reg. No.: 1952/001640/07.
15E Riley Road, Bedfordview. Tel. No.: 011 087 0000. http://www.inovapharma.co.za. IN2677/18.
References: 1. Impact Rx. Script Data - October 2018. 2. Norflex® Gel approved package insert, September 2001. 3. Difflam Gel [cited 2018 November 20]; Available from URL: http://www.myvmc.comdrugsdifflam-gel/. 4. Massey T, et al. Cochrane
Database Syst Rev; (6):CD007402. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007402.pub2.
Speak to your Pharmacist or Healthcare Provider about an effective, on-the-go treatment option2,
Visit www.norflexgel.co.za to find out more.
NOT ALL MINOR MUSCLE INJURIES REQUIRE A DOCTOR’S VISIT.^2
A TOPICAL, TRIPLE ACTING, ANTIINFLAMMATORY GEL
AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER
2,
Speak to your Pharmacist or Healthcare Provider about an
@ HOME @ WORK @ PLAY
GETTY/GALLO IMAGES
EXCHANGE
THE
Your biggest,
strangest,
and most
embarrassing
questions
— answered!
AUGUST
steaks) built no more
muscle than more
moderate diners.
Shakes, steaks and
(fortified) ice creams
all have their time
and place, of course.
But if you’re eating
three well-balanced
meals a day, you’re
unlikely to fall short.
It might even end
up where you don’t
want it. “Your body
struggles to digest
excess protein,”
says registered
nutritionist
Rhiannon
Lambert. “It
may simply
wind up being
stored as fat.”
In a nutshell?
Don’t over-egg
it, bro.
As the macro of the
moment and the
so-called building
block of muscle,
protein is being
fetishised – as much
by the supermarket
giants as it is by
pneumatic gym bro’s.
While devouring a
whole chicken in one
sitting has long won
you kudos in some
circles, now you can’t
move in PnP without
being sold protein ice
creams and protein
cereals. And sadly, it is
possible to have too
much of a good thing.
According to
the UK’s Reference
Nutrient Intake (RNI),
you need 0.75g of
protein a day for each
kilogram of body
Is It Possible To Eat Too Much Protein?

• Adil, Pietermaritzburg

FOOD

weight, so an 80kg

man requires around

60g – roughly three

salmon fillets. But the

greater the physical

stress placed on

your body, the higher

its demands. For a

man of the same size

who trains hard, the

International Society

of Sports Nutrition

recommends 112g

per day.

Exceed this,

however, and the

benefits are

soon negated.

One study

found those

who ate more

than 1.62g of

protein per kilo

of weight (that’s

130g for our 80kg

oke, or two juicy

MEN’S HEALTH IG

POLL: PROTEIN

VS CARBS

86%

PROTEIN

CARBS

WE ASKED OUR

FOLLOWERS TO PICK

A SIDE – PROTEIN OR

CARBS? HERE’S THE

RESULT:

14%

Based on 221 votes

Find out which

one is best for

you on page 64.