Springbok rugby player and ’95 Rugby World Cup winner, Hannes Strydom, recently launched New Me, a 100% natural slimming aid that has the whole country talking.
The towering Strydom earned a total of 21 Springbok caps, with his last international appearance in 1997 when the Springboks recorded their historic 61 – 22 win over Australia at Loftus Versveld.
Since his retirement from rugby, Strydom, who holds a B.Pharm degree, has dedicated himself to his other passion – pharmacology. Today his Pharmavalu pharmacies are spread all over Pretoria, and soon will be in every major city in South Africa.

Drawing on his sport and medical backgrounds, Strydom had long identified the need for an affordable range of health and nutritional supplements to be manufactured in South Africa.
In 2006 he founded Health and Nutritional Supplements (HNS) as a subsidiary of his Pharmavalu group, and soon launched an affordable range of HNS supplements.

The current HNS range boast 20 different supplements that cater for weight loss, weight gain, muscle gain and endurance, as well as a health range that offers vitamin, antioxidant and immune system boosters. “HNS products will benefit not just sportspeople, but anyone in search of a healthy lifestyle,” says Strydom.
New Me, marketed under the HNS brand, is manufactured in South Africa in compliance with the Code of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and the Medical Control Counsel (MCC).

“New Me contains no synthetic or proprietary agents like Sibutramine or Ephedrine,” explains Strydom. “It’s completely safe to use, it really works wonders, and at only R 399.00 for 60 capsules.

New Me is arguably the most affordable slimming aid on the market.”Strydom conducted extensive research before finalising his wonder formula for New Me, and since launching the product; he can hardly keep up with the demand.“Thousands of satisfied users have reported results that are nothing less than astounding,” says Strydom.

  “Some people report losing as much as 3 kg in the first week of using New Me, and increasing activity and lowering carbohydrate intake can further enhance these remarkable results.” No wonder that New Me now outsells all other slimming products by more than 90% in the Pharmavalu chain, with people from far and wide now inundating Strydom with orders.

“New Me is more than just a slimming aid,” says Strydom. “It’s the first step towards a healthy lifestyle, and therefore I have included my own lifestyle plan in every packet of New Me. Combining a healthy diet, regular exercise and a good slimming capsule to your daily lifestyle can have huge benefits in relation to you achieving your weight loss goals.”
The natural ingredients in New Me increase fat burning while reducing the body’s fat absorption, explains Strydom. His formula also contains a natural appetite suppressant that helps to control cravings, and a mild natural diuretic that reduces fluid retention – a common problem for anyone on a diet. “The great advantage of a natural product like New Me is the added benefits of lower cholesterol and stabilised blood sugar, which helps to improve concentration and increase energy,” says Strydom.

For more information on New Me or any other product in the HNS range, you can contact the Alberton HNS representative, Linda Pretorius, on 072 419 8438 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it HNS also has a 24-hour customer care line: 08610 NEWME.