Author Archives: Arnold Gainsford

Racing for Rare Diseases South Africa.

NUTRITECH athlete Tracey Almirall and her team members; Craig Powell, Garth Peinke and Adrian Saffy have endured 900 kilometres within 3 races to increase awareness of the silent struggle that affect children and adults with rare diseases. These three races include: • The Transkei Tuff- February 26th-28th – 150km • Led Lenser Wartrail- March 19th-21st […]

Pretoria Throwdown, 2016.

NUTRITECH CrossFit Athletes throw down in Pretoria.     22, 23 April 2016 NUTRITECH Athlete Jaco van der Vyver from CrossFit Valley Road elaborates on the happenings of the weekend. “Being from the windy city can sometimes be quite challenging taking on Pretoria’s altitude and crisp cold air. That however had no effect on the […]

Paul Sets New Record in Glasgow

2015 IPC Swimming World Championship South Africa’s Kevin Paul had four excellent reasons for celebration at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday evening. Swimming the SB9 100-metre breaststroke final, the reigning world champion’s time of 1min 04.50sec saw him win the gold medal, set a new personal best, a new Championship […]

NUTRITECH Adds Melamine Screening

Staying Ahead Of The Curve – Lab Tested. Melamine Free.   On 17 July 2015, Dr. Gary Gabriels, of the University of Cape Town, rocked the nutritional supplement industry with his publication on the Nutrition Journal. This study showed that an alarmingly high number of nutritional supplement products contained the ingredient melamine (undeclared on the […]

Lab Testing and using SANAS Accredited Laboratories

Stepping forward responsibly with ISO22000 compliant facilities and suppliers. Qualifications, training and experience of the staff The right equipment – properly calibrated and maintained Exceptional quality assurance procedures Proper sampling practices Appropriate testing procedures Valid test methods Traceability of measurements to national or international standards Accurate recording and reporting procedure Suitable testing facilities Based on this, […]