CNP Flapjack bars are 75g bars of 278 calories of which 18.8g is protein, 34.9g carbs and 7.1g fat of which 3g saturates.  As you can see from the nutritional information they don’t contain a lot of protein but enough for a pre workout boost or post workout boost.  The fat is not exceedingly high [...]

Met Rx meal replacement powder is one of the longest standing meal replacement powders which provides excellent results and I have been taking for years.  A sachet of Met Rx meal replacement powder is 72g and contains 35g of Metamyosyn protein, 3g L glutamine, 235 calories, 20.4g Carbs and 1.1g of fat 0.3 of which [...]

Pure Protein Blueberry Crumb Cake is a 50g protein bar which contains 17g protein, 18.9g carbs and 6.2g fat of which saturates 3.6g and 203 kcal.  I just ate the protein bar 2 minutes ago before writing this article and I only finished half of it as I really didn’t like the taste.  I would [...]

The Met Rx Big 100 Collassal bar is a meal replacement bar ideal for bodybuilders and anyone looking to pack on muscle.  The Big 100 Colossal is a 100g bar with 30g of protein in it.  Each bar contains 415 calories which is a lot for a bar, and as you could guess from the [...]

I am often asked in the Gym “Is Nourishment drink good for you?” and my answer now would certainly be different to what I believed before.  When I first got into bodybuilding I drank a lot of the Dunn’s river Nourishment drinks as I thought they were a good way to get in the protein, but [...]

A lot of people wonder whether mixing protein powder in advance to take it to work is ok, the answer is no, unless you want a poorer quality shake.   Protein shakes should be mixed and consumed right away, once protein powder is mixed in fluids they start to degrade and break down.  The protein [...]

Since the “big soy boom” at the tip of the millennium, the word ‘Soy’ has been cropping up here, there, and everywhere- but what is soy and what can it do for you and your fitness lifestyle? A complete protein, with extremely low levels of fat, cholesterol, and lactose, Soy has been shown to have [...]

Protein powder doesn’t really have any side effects as long as you eat no more than 40g in a meal and don’t live just on protein powders.  We have written another article about the side effects of too much protein in your diet here going into more detail on this subject.  The only possible side [...]

If you are not working out and you are taking protein powder the body will most likely not need that amount of extra protein and it will be stored as fat.  Taking protein powder and not working out will certainly not build you large muscles, the same with most supplements they are exactly what their [...]

A lot of people ask in bodybuilding and fitness forums whether they can take creatine and protein together, and the answer is yes. Creatine and protein are completely different products just because you take one doesn’t mean you can’t take another.  Just check to see if your protein shake already includes creatine as you don’t [...]