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The Mediterranean and Paleo diets both have their strong devotees and their fervent critics. Midtown Athletic Club in Rochester Nutritionist Sarah Guilbert takes over the blog to compare two popular diet patterns to help you discern which, if either, is the healthiest option for you.
The word "diet" tends to be associated with negative self-image and restriction ("I can't blow my diet" or "I need to go on a diet and lose these love handles"). It also implies that eating habits are temporary when healthy eating should be an enduring and sustainable lifestyle.
An "eating pattern," however, is comprised of lifestyle eating habits that serve as a guide to how many servings of different foods you should have each day. Both the Mediterranean Diet and the Paleo Diet fall into the "eating pattern" category.
Before we dive into the specific aspects of each diet, keep in mind that I never recommend one specific eating pattern for everyone. There are benefits and drawbacks to every way of eating. It's important to find one that is balanced, sustainable, enjoyable, and tailored to your specific needs.
Now let's take a closer look at these two popular eating patterns.
Longitudinal evidence has demonstrated that the Mediterranean eating pattern lowers your risk of many developing several diseases, including cancer and heart disease (1, 2, 3).
The Mediterranean eating pattern pyramid divides foods into ones that you should eat at every meal, foods that you should eat every day, and foods that you should eat weekly. It emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, olives/olive oil, nuts, and seeds. It encourages limiting starchy vegetables, red meat, and processed meat. White meat, fish, and legumes fall in the middle, with approximately two servings per week of each recommended.
The Mediterranean eating pattern is a good choice for many other reasons. It promotes whole/natural foods, increased fruit and vegetable intake, and it does not restrict any major food groups. It emphasizes cardio-protective fats and encourages limiting the types of fats that have been shown to negatively affect your health (saturated fat and trans fat). The eating pattern promotes the consumption of healthy fat and fiber, which will help promote satiety, and includes potassium-rich food, because it is primarily plant-based and includes many fruits and vegetables.
One criticism of the Mediterranean eating pattern is that it can be low-to-moderate in protein, which is a concern for athletes. It limits white meat to two servings/week and places fish/eggs higher up on the pyramid, which implies that they should be eaten less frequently (although it recommends having at least two servings of fish/week).
For the sample breakdown menu shown below, lunch was low in protein (14 grams). Athletes who require 25-30g protein per meal may need to add more protein to their plates.
The Paleo Diet boasts that it is the "world's healthiest diet, based on wholesome, contemporary foods from the food groups that our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have thrived on during the Stone Age" (5). It aims to improve overall health, promote weight loss, and lower disease risk (6). It is a relatively new diet and does not have the longitudinal data that other eating patterns have to support it.
Let's look at the breakdown of a typical day. The Paleo eating pattern encourages meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, and fruits (mostly berries and melons). It excludes grains, dairy, legumes, added sugar, and salt because people living in the Paleolithic age would not have eaten those foods.
The Paleo eating pattern has many benefits. Natural foods and limited processed foods are a big part of this eating pattern, which helps to lower empty calorie intake and reduce sodium intake. It also emphasizes vegetable consumption and is higher in protein than the Mediterranean Diet. This combination will increase satiety and may promote weight loss. The Paleo eating pattern promotes the consumption of lots of fiber (the sample menu below has 47 grams), which can help healthy gastrointestinal function and lower cholesterol levels.
However, this much fiber may be a shock if new followers of the eating pattern try to increase their intake too quickly. Fiber intake should be increased gradually and should be coupled with increased water intake. The typical Paleo eating pattern is also high in potassium, which helps prevent hypertension. By encouraging nuts, the Paleo eating pattern also includes many heart-healthy fats, like the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats found in almonds.
On the negative side, this eating pattern eliminates multiple key food groups (dairy, grains, legumes). In a study of over 75,000 women, Harvard researchers showed that including 2-to-3 servings of whole grains per day correlated with a 30% lower risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease (8).
This study took place over ten years (compared to the ten days that some of the Paleo studies were conducted). Yes, Americans tend to eat too much processed grains; however, this does not mean that grains should be eliminated from the diet completely.
Another negative aspect is that this diet is excessively high in protein. Based on the 1,800-calorie plan outlined below, a Paleo eater would be getting 151g protein/day on the low end (there is an optional added 3 ounces of fish if protein intake was not satisfying for the day).
Generally acceptable protein intake ranges from .8-2.0 grams of protein per kilogram that you weigh. For example, a 130 pound person would have an upper limit on protein intake of 118g protein/day. This diet also excludes the major source of calcium in the diet: dairy products. Inadequate calcium intake can lead to developing osteopenia and can also be detrimental to heart health (9).
The Mediterranean eating pattern is a much more established, balanced way of eating for lifelong health. I would recommend it to most clients, but would also recommend increasing protein slightly at mealtimes. Is the Paleo diet the worst eating pattern out there? No. However, I would not recommend it unless it was modified slightly to reduce protein intake and include at least three servings of whole grains and two servings of dairy products daily. This would ensure that followers of this eating pattern obtain adequate healthy fuel and calcium sources while not overdoing it with protein.
In a future post, I will compare two diets: Advocare and The South Beach Diet. If you would like me to examine other eating patterns and diets, leave a comment on this post.
Mediterranean | Paleo (menu from bodybuilding.com) | |
Breakfast | 6 oz Greek yogurt
½ cup strawberries 1 tsp honey 1 slice WW toast ½ mashed avocado |
4 slices lean ham
2 cups mixed berries coffee |
AM Snack | None | Low sodium beef jerky
1 apple 10 almonds |
Lunch | 1 WW pita
2 Tbsp hummus 1 cup fresh greens 2 slices tomato 1 cup minestrone soup 1 medium orange |
4 oz salmon
2 cups salad 1 T olive oil 2 cups melon |
PM Snack | 1/8 cup sliced almonds
1/8 cup peanuts |
3 oz grilled chicken
1 serving raw vegetables 2 kiwis |
Dinner | 3 oz salmon
1 tsp tarragon 1 tsp mustard ½ cup couscous ½ cup zucchini 4 spears asparagus Salad with ½ cup arugala, ½ cup baby spinach, 1 T shaved parmesan cheese, 1 T vinaigrette dressing 5 oz red wine (optional) |
3 oz grilled lean steak
2 cups steamed broccoli 15 almonds |
Dessert/PM Snack | Small bunch grapes
½ cup lemon sorbet |
1 handful walnuts
1 orange 3 oz grilled fish (optional) |
Calories: 1621 with wine, 1491 without
Carbs: 194g (50.5%) Fat: 53g (31%) Protein: 71g (18.5%) Sodium: 1746 mg Fiber: 34g Cholesterol: 49mg |
Calories: 1796 without fish
Carbs: 176g (39%) Fat: 77g (39%) Protein: 151g (34%) Sodium: 1975mg Fiber: 47g Cholesterol: 237mg |
(1) Couto E, Boffetta P, Lagiou P, & Ferrari P et.al. Medierranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in the EPIC cohort. April 26, 2011. Br J Cancer 104(9): 1493-9. Retrieved March 11, 2013 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21468044.
(2) Mitrou P, Kipnis V, Thiebaut A, & Reedy J et al. Mediterranean dietary pattern and prediction of all cause mortality in a US population. December 24, 2007. Arch Intern Med (3) 167(22): 2461-2468. Retrieved March 11, 2013, from http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=770019.
(4) USNews Health. Medierranean Diet-Sample Menu. Retrieved March 11, 2013, from http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/mediterranean-diet/menu.
(5) Innocenzi, L. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Should we eat like our caveman ancestors? Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from http://www.eatright.org/Public/content.aspx?id=6442471551.
(6) The Paleo Diet. Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from www.thepaleodiet.com.
(7) Life Expectancy-what is life expectancy. Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from http://www.news-medical.net/health/Life-Expectancy-What-is-Life-Expectancy.aspx.
(8) Harvard School of Public Health. Health gains from whole grains. 2013. Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/health-gains-from-whole-grains/#references.
(9) Office of Dietary Supplements: National Institutes of Health. Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Calcium. November 16, 2012. Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-HealthProfessional/.
(10) Clark, S. Body Building. What is the Paleo Diet? Dec 29, 2010. Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/what-is-the-paleo-diet.html.
March is National Nutrition Month, and today is Registered Dietitian Day, which was created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to increase the awareness of registered dietitians as indispensable providers of food and nutrition services and to recognize them for their commitment to helping people enjoy healthy lives.
To celebrate, Midtown Athletic Club in Rochester Nutritionist Sarah Guilbert is back to talk about how to properly fuel up for your workout, and what you should eat post-workout as well.
Pre-workout nutrition is important for ensuring that you have adequate energy stores (through carbohydrates) to fuel your workout. Consuming a moderate amount of protein before your workout is thought to increase muscle mass and strength performance.
Post-workout nutrition is important for repleting your carbohydrate stores (glycogen) in your muscles, repairing muscle damage, and helping to synthesize muscle mass through protein.
The number of carbohydrates that you'll need will vary slightly depending on whether you are trying to lose/maintain weight (30g carbs/10-15g protein) or build more mass (40-50g carbs/15g protein). If you have a long workout day, try to get slightly higher carbohydrate repletion so that your glycogen stores are refueled optimally for the next workout.
Pre-workout snacks should be eaten 30-60 minutes before you begin exercising. Post-workout recovery eating is optimal within 30 minutes of exercise completion. Note that liquid nutrition will get into your muscles faster than solid food because solid food has to be broken down more and has a longer transit time through the GI tract.
Whey protein is quickly absorbed by muscles and has also been shown to have a greater effect on stimulating muscle protein synthesis than casein and soy. However, slower-absorbed proteins do have their benefits for providing repletion to muscles for a longer period of time after a workout.
Here are some appropriate pre- and post-workout snack options, whether you like to add protein to your shakes, have cottage cheese and fruit, or go old-school with skim milk and fruit smoothie. Try one and let us know what you think!
Strawberry protein shake
12 oz skim milk
1 cup strawberries
1 cup ice
177 calories, 13g protein, 30g carbs
Tropical fruit smoothie
4 oz vanilla non-fat Greek yogurt
1 cup mixed tropical fruit (frozen)
4 oz vanilla almond milk
½ cup ice
195 calories, 10g protein, 38g carbs
Chunky Monkey*
½ large banana
8 oz chocolate soymilk
1 T peanut butter
1 cup ice
276 calories, 10g protein, 38g carbs
Berry Vanilla Smoothie
¾ cup blueberries
¾ cup blackberries
4 oz light vanilla soymilk
½ scoop vanilla protein powder
1 cup ice
193 calories, 15g protein, 34g carbs
6 oz flavored fat-free Greek yogurt + ½ banana
201 calories, 15g protein, 36g carbs
6 oz vanilla yogurt + ¼ cup granola
228 calories, 11g protein, 39g carbs
4 oz 1% cottage cheese + 1 cup mango
187 calories, 15g protein, 32g carbs
1/4 cup egg whites + 2 slices toast
187 calories, 12g protein, 30g carbs
*The fat in peanut butter will delay gastric emptying and may cause GI distress if you have a sensitive stomach. This one is better to have post-workout.
What does it mean to be fit?
For many of us, being fit means maintaining a healthy weight with diet and exercise.
However, the "healthy weight = fit" idea omits and misrepresents several important components of what being truly fit means. In biological terms, "being fit" means "being able to provide for one's own life and wellbeing; the fittest are those who can do so the best." Now that's a little closer to what we should be working toward. Not just being fit to the point of sufficiency, but being the fittest.
So, the question is: What can you do to be the fittest you can be, or to obtain the best quality of life possible?
To answer that question, we'll examine the five components of physical fitness. That's right, there are five. Not just "fitting into my favorite jeans," "being able to run a marathon," or "bench pressing twice my body weight." Our definitions are from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Body Composition: This refers to the relative amount of muscle, fat, bone, and other vital parts of the body. Body composition can provide a better evaluation of overall health than weight or BMI alone, so it is important to maintain a level of body fat that is neither too low (below 3-5% for men and 8-12% for women), nor too high (above 20-25% for men and 29-35% for women).
A variety of body fat measurement tools exist including calipers and bio-electrical impedance devices, and although some are more accurate and expensive than others, all can help you monitor changes.
Tip: Have a body fat analysis performed to know your starting point, and begin implementing small, healthy diet and exercise changes to improve body composition.
Cardiorespiratory Endurance: Cardiorespiratory endurance is the ability of the body's circulatory and respiratory systems to supply fuel during physical activity. This means being able to sustain an elevated heart rate. Activities like walking, swimming, and bicycling will all lead to improvement, and the good news is that the activity you choose does not necessarily have to be strenuous (at least initially).
Tip: choose an activity you enjoy and start slowly, increasing the intensity and duration over time.
Flexibility: Flexibility is the range of motion around a joint. Maintaining good flexibility helps protect the muscles and joints from injury in all kinds of activity. A basic stretching program, such as 10-15 minutes of light stretching for the upper body, lower body, and core after a workout, may be all you need to improve this oft-neglected fitness component. Yoga and Pilates classes can also add more structure to your flexibility program.
Tip: the key to improving flexibility is to make time for it! Add 10 minutes to the end of your workout to stretch or take 10-minute walking/stretching breaks at work.
Muscular Endurance: Muscular endurance is the ability of the muscle to continue to perform without fatigue. You can improve muscular endurance by doing sustained activities such as walking, swimming, or bicycling. When it comes to weight training, completing longer sets (12-25 repetitions) would be considered working in the endurance range.
Tip: look for opportunities to activate your muscles outside the club. For example, walk to the grocery store and flex those biceps by carrying groceries.
Muscular Strength: Muscular strength is the ability of the muscles to exert force during an activity. Sorry to those of you who want to stick to the treadmill, but this means using your muscles against resistance, whether that comes in the form of a dumbbell, resistance band, or your own body weight against gravity.
Tip: take the stairs instead of the elevator, or do some pushups during TV commercial breaks.
To be truly, "totally fit" we need to focus on all five components of physical fitness. Not only will we be healthier overall, but we will also enjoy the benefits of reduced risk of injury and disease prevention (osteoporosis, diabetes, etc.). The added bonus? Improving any single area of fitness will help the others improve as well.
So what are you waiting for?! What areas of physical fitness are you focusing on right now?
College students have plenty to worry about these days, with finding a job in a tough economy topping the list. Between the job search, studying, campus activities, and time spent "living the college life," it's easy to put your health on the back burner.
And that's okay, right? I mean, you're young, and your body can handle the stress of too little sleep and exercise, and too much unhealthy food…
Or can it?
In truth, it's only a matter of time before the poor health choices you make as a young adult catch up with you. Your health is no one's responsibility but your own and maintaining it takes constant effort. Learn that lesson now and you will set yourself up for success in the years to come.
Here are 3 of the most common health mistakes college students make and how you can avoid them:
Eating Too Much Junk Food: Dorm cafeterias put soft-serve ice cream machines and waffle makers at your finger tips, and campus convenience stores provide all of the salty snacks and sugary sodas you could ever want to propel yourself through late night study sessions. Add in a few midnight pizza runs and party binges and you've created quite a mess for your body to clean up.
In fact, according to teenshealth.org, studies have shown that snacking between 8PM and 4AM is a leading contributor to weight gain.
Avoid It: Eat at regular times without skipping meals and incorporate plenty of nutrient-rich foods such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. Pay attention to portion sizes and nutrition labels (many dorm menus provide them) and limit your intake of high-calorie foods, including alcohol.
If you are up late, fuel your food cravings with lower calorie fruits, vegetables, or sugar-free drinks. Your body will thank you for it!
Not Exercising Enough: Without high school sports or gym class programmed into your daily schedule, many college students let exercise fall by the wayside. Combining lower activity levels with increased caloric intake makes putting on the "freshman 15″ a real possibility.
Avoid It: Take at least 30 minutes every day to do something active, such as walking, jogging, swimming, taking a group exercise class or working out at the campus gym. Also get up and stretch or walk around if you catch yourself sitting for an extended period of time.
Researchers have found that students who exercise at least 3 days a week are more likely to report better physical health, as well as greater happiness, than those who do not exercise. Students who stay active are also more likely to report using their time productively. If just a little bit of exercise can help boost your health and your grades, it sounds like a no-brainer.
Sleeping Too Little (and No, Naps Don't Count): From studying and other school-related activities to social outings and noisy roommates, it's hard to avoid poor nights of sleep in college. Among other consequences, a lack of quality sleep can lead to increased stress levels and weight gain.
Avoid It: Do the best you can to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, and aim for 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night. Don't rely on naps or power 10+ hour sleep sessions to catch up on missed sleep. Finally, avoid caffeine and alcohol too close to bedtime, as well as other stimulating activities such as exercise, TV, texting and Facebook.
One of the most important things you can do for yourself this school year is to keep your health on track. If your health is not already a priority, begin introducing positive changes slowly and build healthy habits now. You've got a lot of off-campus years ahead of you, and it's up to you to make sure that you will be healthy enough to enjoy them.
What are your tips to help stay healthy on campus?
Dane Robinson, a NASM-certified Personal Trainer & Performance-Enhancement Specialist at Midtown Athletic Club in Windy Hill, and an accomplished Arena Football League Player, takes over the blog today to talk about how to create a healthier margarita.
The margarita is a classic staple of the American summertime gathering.
When made correctly, it's a simple, three-ingredient drink that when consumed responsibly won't derail your health and fitness goals.
Unfortunately, grocery and liquor store shelves are stocked with unhealthy margarita products that are not only unnecessary, but also bad for your body.
Fortunately, it's quite easy to create a healthier margarita.
1. Lose the Cans
If your margarita-flavored drink comes in a can, chances are it contains bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical linked to serious health problems, such as cancer, birth defects, miscarriages, obesity, and a whole host of other diseases. Plus, consuming a margarita from anything other than its signature glass is just plain wrong.
2. Bypass the Bar Mix
While convenient, store-bought sour mixes are loaded with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is linked to diabetes, decreased liver function, and the growth of cancer cells. Recently, HFCS was also shown to decrease cognitive function following just six weeks of consumption.
3. Ditch the Dyes
If it's not organic, chances are those pre-made margarita mixes you see on store shelves contain food dyes, most notably Yellow #5 and Red #40. Derived from petroleum and linked to cancer and hyper-activity, food dyes are bad news.
4. Embrace Your Inner Bartender
You may think you need a mixology degree to make a mean margarita, but an authentic, chemical-free margarita is actually a breeze to make. Once you've assembled the ingredients, the only other things you need are a shaker and a dish for the optional coarse salt.
5. Create the Drink
The best and most healthful margarita is one made from organic ingredients whenever possible.
Here's how to do it:
Rub the rim of a margarita glass with a lime slice, and then dip the rim in coarse salt.
Add the following to a shaker:
1 1/2 ounces of tequila
1/2 an ounce of Triple Sec
Juice from one large lime
Coarse salt for rim of glass
Combine the ingredients, pour into the glass, and enjoy!
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Barr, Nevada Hard Truth Park Ranger Anna Pigeon comes face-to-face with the dark side of humanity when she investigates the disappearance of three young girls in Rocky Mountain National Park. 2005 Adult Mystery Book BARR | |
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Bradley, C. Alan The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, must exonerate her father of murder. Armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together and examine new suspects, she begins a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. 2010 Adult Mystery Book BRADLEY | |
Braun, Lilian Jackson The Cat Who Went Up the Creek While Jim Qwilleran is enjoying his stay at the Nutcracker Inn in Black Creek, his cat spots a body in a nearby stream. When it's revealed that the victim was a guest at the inn-and had nuggets of gold hidden in his shoes-Qwill dives into the case. 2002 Adult Mystery Book BRAUN | |
Burke, Jan Bloodlines Conn O'Connor struggles to find a connection between a bloodstained car, a missing yacht, and a stolen infant heir, a mystery that deepens years later when fledgling reporter Irene Kelly explores a young man's claim that he is the missing baby. 2005 Adult Mystery Book BURKE | |
Churchill, Jill The House of Seven Mabels Hired by a rebellious group of feminists for a huge house renovation, Jane Jeffry and Shelley Nowack become increasingly alarmed when the project is overshadowed by malicious pranks, a suspicious death, and numerous secrets. 2002 Adult Mystery Book CHURCHILL | |
Clement, Blaize. Cat Sitter On a Hot Tin Roof When ex-deputy, Florida pet sitter Dixie Hemingway meets Laura Halston, she believes she's found a new friend and then Laura is stabbed to death in her shower. With the help of her new boyfriend homicide detective Lt. Jean-Pierre Guidry, Dixie investigates everything there is to know about Laura and her sadistic ex-husband. 2009 Adult Mystery Book CLEMENT | |
Cohen, Nancy J. Killer Knots When Marla Shore embarks on a supposedly romantic cruise with her fiance Dalton Vail, she finds mystery and mayhem on the high seas when she accidently receives a cryptic message that leads to the murder of a renowned artist. 2007 Adult Mystery Book COHEN | |
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Cross, Amanda The Edge of Doom Academic sleuth Kate Fansler and her family confront a troubling mystery when a man arrives claiming to be Kate's true father, an encounter that reveals a series of life-threatening secrets and dark deceptions that could unleash potentially dangerous repercussions for Kate's entire family. 2002 Adult Mystery Book CROSS | |
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Fiffer, Sharon Sloan Buried Stuff Examining mysterious fragments found buried near her mother's home in Kankakee, Illinois, antique collector Jane Wheel identifies the remains of a murdered city official and becomes embroiled in the ensuing investigation. 2004 Adult Mystery Book FIFFER | |
Fowler, Earlene Delectable Mountains "Volunteered" to take over rehearsals of a children's play for the musical director of her church, Benni Harper's entertainment career comes to a dismal end when she stumbles upon the corpse of the church handyman in front of the altar. 2005 Adult Mystery Book FOWLER | |
Griffiths, Elly The Crossing Places When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives happily alone in a remote area called Saltmarsh near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants--not quite earth, not quite sea. When a child's bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help. 2010 Adult Fiction Book | |
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Hart, Ellen The Iron Girl While sorting through the belongings of her late lover, Christine Kane, Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless discovers a gun that could hold the clue to Christine's death as well as the murders of three members of the Simoneau family. 2005 Adult Mystery Book HART | |
Johnson, D. E. (Dan E.) The Detroit Electric Scheme In 1910 Detroit, Will Anderson's father owns the electric-car factory where Will finds the body of a onetime friend and rival. As Will narrates the sordid details, the finger of blame points in all directions. 2010 Adult Fiction Book |
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so im basically an amino junkie and will probably fork the cash over for some bpi blox silk amino acids. has anyone used this product long enough for a review on here...
so im basically an amino junkie and will probably fork the cash over for some bpi blox silk amino acids. has anyone used this product long enough for a review on here...
I've had the watermelon flavor for about a month. Have taken it once a day, mixed with Craze, first thing before exercise (formerly, I was taking BCAAs). I really cannot say whether or not it's doing anything on its own. However, as a part of a regimen where I have been successfully losing body fat while gaining lean mass, I can't help but stick with it to see if the trend continues positively. See the latest in my Adipose Attrition Chronicle for detail.
Looks like marketing hype to me...but I'm reserving judgement at this point. Actually logged on today to see if I could find some science and reviews about it.
Amino acids are amino acids regardless of source...
i got a free tub....didn't notice a huge difference from other aminos but the stuff tastes amazing
I Force Anabolic Minion, Eat, Train, Grow
I plan to stick with BCAAs for a while or atleast until more reviews are up on this product. Seems interesting but hasn't been around too long to know if they are legit or not.
i used 2 tubs with no difference in recovery, price for price i will stick with bcaa's. the taste is delicious though
I've been taking cellucore bcaas the last month, has beta alanine, cm, and clinical dose of hica... I absolutely love this stuff! Drinking it with storm durring workout and recovery is amazing! A little steep but its great just strictly intra
i use endurance and absolutely love it
Looks good! Creatine o phosphate looks like an awesome ingredient for an intra, how's it taste?
Silk aminos are marketing hype. Plain and simple. Their claims are false. There has been one study done with rats which showed promise however BCAAs were also included with that study that BPi conveniently left out. BCAA supplementation on the other hand has been shown time and time again to be beneficial on several different levels. Leucine is arguably the most important as it stimulates mTOR.
Stick with the tried and true.
Blox looks to be the result of (s)crap that no one else wanted to use in there single amino products. Leucine > *
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Ive used two tubs... Both were given to me... imo its Glorified kool-aid.... Tastes amazing, but nothing to show for it. Stick with BCAAs. Leucine is the star.
melon tastes really goodOriginally Posted by bono1132
Gee... Bpi? Hype? No way. 4x Mr Olympia winner jay cutler only uses their products... Nothing else...


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Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by ashvin Value for money
Our second stay at intercontinental. We were very happy with the service and comfort offered. Food was excellent. A must go place. Five Star
05 December 2013
Rated 4.0 out of 5.0 by rajesh009 check in experience
When we check in the hotel at 6 pm, the welcome was not up to my expectation. I was really disappointed as no one seems to guide me and help us. When my car arrive in the lobby area,there was no at the entrance i myself was removing my luggage, no bellboy attended us, my brother had to inform the bellboy to get the luggage. After we enter the lobby , no one guided us where to go, we ask the concierge and they told us to go to the reception. The receptionist was busy looking at the pc and she even did not bother to have an eye contact until i have to make them notice. She inform us to go the reservation desk, from there only we were taken care of. Being a hotelier myself.
The toilet down needs to maintain with the cleaning, candles were off not replaced, no hand towels.
At the pool; bar at around 6.30 pm we sat down and after only 5 minutes one waiter came and ask us our order.
After wards our stay was OK, we enjoyed the property, F& B staff was nice
03 December 2013
Rated 1.0 out of 5.0 by CesareB777 Abandoned place
Sleep quality very bad, water in the Jacuzzi was jellow, minibar not working, they ran out of beach towels twice in a week.
Check in and check out extremely slow and personnel, including revenue manager not updated with interline agreements.
Internet so slow and expensive...
Location is nice, although in the middle of nothing and the management does not care about giving at least a free shuttle to nearest city of grand baie.
Personnel is extremely lazy and not interested in customers, except few exceptions that are indeed very professional and caring.
I would not recommend a stay in this hotel as this is barely a 3 star level or less.
03 December 2013
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by francknath06 A stay of exception! Memorable!
We spent 8 absolutely magnificent days in this hotel where the human dimension is perfectly held.
The service is complet, personnel effective, pleasant, kind and very smiling.
We appreciated the quality of the service which was offered to us at the level of the service and at the level of the infrastructures but also if the Mauritians are considered as their kindness, all the staff of the hotel, is completely exceptional well. In brief we were never disappointed.
The meals were excellent and offered a high and varied choice. Restaurants, are more than pleasant and the staff always ready to fill the slightest of your desires.
Rooms are magnificently ordered and each is one of a kind.
The nautical sporting center offers numerous free activities, among which water-skiing.
We left the hotel with big regret.
In conclusion, even if the perfection does not exist, we are not any more very far.
In a few words, we THANK YOU and certainly we shall return.
18 November 2013
Rated 4.0 out of 5.0 by PatDBX Good but can be better
Measured on all experiences in Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, this one needs some improvement.
First the good part - Rooms are great, the whole resort looks and feels like you are in paradise and the price/value is awesome.
Unfortunately this comes with some downside - especially the staff, and here mainly the waiters - are slow and you can wait for your coffee sometimes 10 minutes. Once you have your drink you will get asked 5 times if you want another one, before you even touched the glass.
It is a straight recommendation for a place to stay in Mauritius, but compared to other Intercontinental hotels you would expect a little more.
12 November 2013
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by smumf Fantastic Holiday :-)
I'm not normally one for writing reviews, however in this case I am more than happy too do so. I can honestly say that I have never stayed in a hotel where the staff were so completely fantastic!! Every single one of them were exceptionally friendly, and nothing was too much trouble for them. This combined with what is a simply beautiful location, and amazing facilities make this an incredible place to stay! I want to send my thanks to all of the staff for helping make this a truly exceptional holiday and we will definitely be back!
07 November 2013
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by Zhen Beautiful resort, fantastic service - over our expectation
We take 6 nights for our holidays in this resort.
The resort is more beautiful than the picture.
The service is good, the restaurant staffs are very helpful to the guest with child.
The restaurants : Senso, Segala, Noble house are offering good, quality food. The price of food are reasonable. We don't need to come outside to look for other restaurants.
Here we want to thank Chaya of Kid's club who is very kindly to the children. My son (21 monthes old) likes to stay with her.
We are looking forward to coming back in future.
14 October 2013
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by MrAndrew Very nice place, very kind and helpfull staff
We spent our honeymoon here. I would like to thank everyone for being so kind and helpfull. Special thanks to Olivier from the gym, great trainer even better entertainer! We had a great time. Very nice place, I would return anytime!
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The new Gen-6 race car makes its long-awaited debut at Daytona International Speedway, and the success of the 2013 season could depend heavily on its performance. Already, things look good. After all, NASCAR's most popular driver has given the new car a ringing endorsement.
"This sport is going to be revolutionized again with this car," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said after one of his first full test sessions in the car.
That would be the shot in the arm NASCAR is looking for after a 2012 season in which the racing was criticized at times. Long green-flag runs and a lack of cautions frustrated fans, and that irritated drivers who openly wondered whether fans were more interested in wrecks than racing.
Behind the scenes, NASCAR was working on a new car that would improve the on-track product. It was welcome news to Earnhardt, who won only twice in the Car of Tomorrow.
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Technically you can't 'master' DG9J. You can only leave it behind and form your own style.Originally Posted by dracnom
DGQB wins
Sweeper wins
Both Die
Technically you can't 'master' DG9J. You can only leave it behind and form your own style.Originally Posted by dracnom
You got a few things mixed up there.Originally Posted by nie_feng2002
DG9J's goal is to have no stance. DG9J itself has plenty of stances, divided into 9 categories (LHC mastered 8 of them, except the Qi-breaking one). DG9J stances are very complex and advanced. It heavily relies on techniques and requires little to no inner power. Heavy Iron Sword stances are straightforward but powerful, and is entirely dependent on one's inner power. However, both are inferior to the "Anything could be a sword" stage and "No sword overcoming sword" stage of DGQB's sword arts.
It's commonly believed that DG9J was created by DGQB in his youth and later he moved on to the Heavy Iron Sword stage, which suggests that Heavy Iron Sword is better than DG9J. However, a frequent poster here, Laviathan, has suggested something else, which I agree with. DG9J and Heavy Iron Sword are two different ways which DGQB moved from having forms to being formless, from being limited by a physical sword to using anything, even nothing as a sword. Given the details that DG9J went into, with the goal to train a swordsman to be formless and one with the sword, it's only logical that it was developed later in DGQB's life, when he had already reached formlessness.
The way I see it, is that DG9J and Heavy Iron Sword both achieve the same goal, but they are so different in nature that they cannot be merged into one, unless it is a formless master like DGQB, in which case it is useless to express his sword arts through these inferior techniques anyway. IMO DG9J is the better way, since it's much harder to accumulate high enough inner power for the Heavy Iron Sword techniques.
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In lieu of the wierd obession on this forum with polls and hypothetical battles. Lets try out Du Gu qiu Bai vs Sweeper.
sweeper monk for sure, and wanst there a topic exactly the same as this?
DGQB wins....of course
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Hard to trully measure. BUT, I think Mr. Sweeper Monk would win. You want some reason? ok
DGQB should have a higher level of martial art than the Post 16 Years ROCH greats and the DGSD 4 Elite due to the fact that he has reached supreme formlesssness in the style area. In the internal area, DGQB should also be stronger because YG got to level 2.5 which is between Heavy Iron and Wooden level. YG could use Wooden to a certain extent, but not fully which DGQB could. Differences in sword level requires internal training. For YG to be able to fully use wooden sword, he has to have hgiher level of internal. Therefore, this suggests that DGQB is better internally because he could fully use wooden sword. However, DY should be at an even higher where no sword surpasses sword using sword chi. Even though DGQB could have reached this level, but we don't know for sure. But either way, Sweeper is better than DY. So? Sweeper better than DGQB.
hmm, any bases for that statement? would def like to know...nah JY said once in an interview that Z3F is the best martial artist in his universe.
Still searching for my GuGu
Not sure, but JY did say that in an interview before.
I would say DGQB would win. Based on what JY says, of course/(Everything is said by JY )
About the Z3F being the strongest, I believe it is possible. Though maybe Old Sweeper might be able to take him on.
Dugu Qui Bai Vs Sweeper Monk
I know most people here would bet sweeper monk wins. Sweeper Monk is indeed a great fighter, but I think Dugu Qiu Bai is better between the two.
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What's the evidence behind this? Other than you think.
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There's really no way to do this. We know absolutely nothing about DGQB. Not referring to his/her martial arts legacy, but the person himself/herself.
DGKB could teach an eagle to fight evenly with a great. that's supernatural power.
he's the strongest in history but he's the disciple.
Shakey ground. First you have to show Dugu had many fights and SM had less fights. That point is impossible alone. Second you have to know the calibre of those fights (an old argument). Otherwise it can be said that even more fights doesn't translate to a better fighter if his/her level simply isn't high enough. He Taichong may have 10 times more experience than Zhang Wuji but still has no chance in beating him. YX/Yin Tianzheng may have more fighting experience than Du Monks but will still get beaten.
It seems the problem with this question is the fact that we don't have data about dgqb. Okay then, make it this way. dgqb is a sword master with internal energy surpassing YG and swordskill surpassing LHC. which meens he is stronger then YG. faster then LHC probably at DFBB level and his timing and sword potitioning better then FCJ. completed master DG9J with internal energy backing too. who will then?
Internal higher by how much? Techniques better by how much? It's just as impossible.
let's put it this way:
internal energy level: equal to DY
speed level: comparable to DFBB
sword skill: Flawless mastery of DG9J breaks all weapons, missiles and chi
fighting exp. and warrior instinct: let's say equal to eastern heretic
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In waters along rocky reefs off the West Coast, from Northern California to Baja and the Gulf of California, swims the giant sea bass. These top predators, which can reach lengths of seven feet and weights of 500 pounds or more, live near kelp beds and feast on smaller fish such as anchovies and sardines, along with crabs, spiny lobster and even small sharks. Commercial fishermen started pulling giant sea bass out of the water with hand lines in 1870, but after they switched to gill nets, they quickly drove down the fish's numbers: the fishery peaked in the 1930s at around a million pounds of giant sea bass caught in a year. By 1980 fishermen caught less than 40,000 pounds of the fish.
In 1981 California severely limited giant sea bass fishing in its waters. While there is no hard data showing that the fish's population has recovered, scuba divers say there are more of the fish in the waters at popular dive spots off La Jolla and Anacapa and Catalina Islands. Mexico, however, is a different story, as giant sea bass fishing continues there unfettered. – SZ
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i feel so sorry for animals
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that giant sea bass is huge.Who knew the most endangerd speicies is a snail.
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Posted by ishara on July 25,2012 | 04:24 AM
Hunting actually was a minor contributor to the Red Wolf demise. Habitat loss was a major contributor, but the finishing blow was the expansion eastward of the Coyote. They crossbred with the Red Wolf and just about wiped them out.
There was a viable population of the wolf in southern AR until the late 1940s. That's when coyotes began to show up. By the mid to late 1950s the wolf had disappeared.
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Add an Ivory Billed Woodpecker!
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thank you, thank you, thank you from my heart for saving the habitat as well as these beautiful wolves. i feel a strong connection to all wolves and this story was uplifting, encouraging, and worth my two minute feeble effort to say thank you for caring about and taking action to save these animals.
Posted by Sunshine on June 9,2011 | 07:10 PM
Our eyes are in the front of our heads but we are blind to the future of the earth and its inhabitants. We are the last species to evolve from earth's origins (not inclduing nuclear mutations) and we seem to be intent on being its last to survive our own predatory habits. Wait. Isn't that why we have wars, to eliminate ourselves?
Posted by jklough on May 28,2011 | 08:53 PM
A porpoise endemic to Mexico, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is now widely-recognized by marine mammal biologists as the most-endangered marine mammal in the world (Jaramillo-Legorreta et al. 2007). The species is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List authority, and as Endangered on the U.S. Endangered Species List, and Mexico has also listed the vaquita as Endangered and considered it the first of five top-priority species for conservation action (SEMARNAT 2008).
Population size of the vaquita was estimated in 2008 from a line-transect survey. The resulting estimate was 245 individuals (Gerrodette et al. 2011). This is much lower than a 1997 estimate using similar methods (567 individuals - Jaramillo-Legorreta et al. 1999). From this, it was estimated that the population has been declining by 7.6% per year, and if the decline has continued in the last couple of years, then there would likely be only about 200 porpoises left now. All this means there is a window of at most a few years in which to implement solutions to save the species (see Jaramillo-Legorreta et al. 2007).
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• Europe will figure it out: All parliamentary egos aside, the economic realities will prevail. The Euro zone is "too big to fail." The strong will help the weak and new rules will lead to the beginning of a more stable and vibrant market in Europe.
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Mairead, 4: All I Want For the Holidays Is . . .
A big sister for the first time, Mairead, 4, loves showing off her mothering skills whenever she can. Her mama shared the tot's holiday wish list with us, and we hope she finds the items under the tree! Though her mom prefers quieter toys, the Fur Real Friends Go Go My Walkin' Pup ($49) is tops on the dog lover's list! When her baby sister is taking a bath, Mairead hopes to play along with the Little Mommy Scrub-A-Dub-Dub Doll ($25). Her mother also thinks the Barbie Dog Park ($25) will be a big hit this year. What lil princess wouldn't want her own set of Disney Princess Logo Bandz ($4). Mairead's big brother asked Santa for the Paper Jamz guitar, so she is asking for the Wow Wee Paper Jamz Drum Set ($34).
10 Last-Minute Gift Ideas From Our Readers
If you're looking for a great last-minute gift to give to someone you love, you've come to the right place. And it's all thanks to our lovely OnSugar bloggers, as this gift guide features 10 great beauty gifts recommended within the Bella Community. From the trendy and cool to some modern classics, here are some more ways to check off that shopping list.
Gift Guides to Cover Every Child, Parent, Grandparent, and Sitter on Your List
T minus 24 hours! We're counting down the minutes until the jolly man in the red suit arrives, but if you still have a child, new parent, grandparent, or babysitter to shop for, don't fret! We've spent the past month highlighting our gift picks through our awesome gift guides. Filled with more than just the hot toys of the year, we have age-specific guides from birth through age 10, as well as special interest lists. Don't head out to the stores (or online) without them!
10 Cheap Food Tools For Stocking Stuffers
Still on the hunt for stocking stuffers this holiday season? Keep it simple with some budget-friendly kitchen gadgets sure to bring a smile to the chef in your life. For the pro and amateur alike, these handy tools — all under $20! — go from can't-live-without basics like a small whisk ($7.50) and an ice cream scoop ($12), to more out-of-the-box gadgets like a Microplane grater/zester ($16), a pepper corer ($9), and an olivewood spaghetti tool ($13). Fun color options jazz up even the most basic of necessities, including these Flip-Read Thermometers ($15) and Le Creuset spatulas ($9). To shop the stuffers, click on the images above!
15 Fancy Little Beauty Gifts
Good things come in small packages, especially when it comes to luxury gifts. When you're giving something fancy, discreet but beautiful objects are the best way to make a big impact without going over the top. Whether you're looking for someone else or for yourself, these 15 items are alluring and extravagant. Some of them are truly costly, while others only look expensive, but either way, they're certain to dazzle. Look through to see what you'd like stuffed in your stocking.
Ethan, 6: All I Want For the Holidays Is . . .
Six-year-old Ethan will have some mighty busy hands if he gets everything on his wish list this year! The New York Yankees fan and video-crazed tot has his eye on some of the season's hottest items. His mama shared his holiday list with us and we hope he finds everything under the tree! A Nintendo DS ($170) because he loves to play games on the go while his mommy shops! Both the Super Mario Galaxy II and Lego Harry Potter Wii games ($40 each) that he loves playing at his friend's house. With a snowy Winter in the forecast, the Zipfy Freestyle Mini Luge Snow Sled ($33) makes the list for afternoons of sledding with his dad. And a Paper Jamz Guitar ($20) for the budding rock star!
BuzzSugar's Holiday Gift Guide Roundup: Novelty Ideas
Now that we've taken care of the bigger gifts for your friends and family, it's time to purchase those quirky one-off items that you can easily toss into their stockings. These picks should put a smile on their faces and/or satisfy their biggest entertainment obsessions. Check 'em out, and don't forget to take a look at all of our holiday gift guides!
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As much as we try to buy all of our holiday gifts well in advance, inevitably, some always fall through the cracks. Alarm bells went off today, though, because today marks the last day to buy gifts on Amazon with free shipping and still have them arrive before Christmas. That means one thing: Today should be the day that you buy all last-minute gifts. Round up every last person that you've neglected to buy gifts for and log on. Amazon is our last-minute gift source of choice, since there's free shipping on any order over $25. Just remember that you have to do it now in order to get that free shipping.
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It's never too early to plan your New Year's Eve, and when it comes to spending this momentous occasion in New York City, it's even more important to do so. The Big Apple is the quintessential destination to celebrate on the last day of the year, with some of the top nightlife venues in the world located in each neighborhood that Manhattan has to offer. But there's no denying that it will be a feat to stay away from the crowds.
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Oklahoma ABLE Tech Volume 13, Issue 2 Spring 2013 Assistive Technology Small Changes...Big Differences Spring 2013 Legislative Update February 2013 kicked off the First Session of the 54th Oklahoma Legislature and with it came many bills that will impact people with disabilities, state agencies that serve them and state employees. With the dreaded sequester now in place, and for all practical purposes remaining with us in the foreseeable future, everyone is concerned and watching to see what will happen on the legislative front. Disability legislation of interest: HB-1264 would extend the termination date of Rethinking Special Education, Competency and Transition Task Force until May 31, 2014. This bill passed during the previous legislative session by Rep. Nelson was intended to provide a comprehensive study of current Special Education services and practices in our state and could potentially have great impact on these going forward. The bill passed the House 93-3. The bill has cleared the Senate Education Committee and is ready for a Senate vote. HB-1555 titled the Steve Stokes Act would assure the $500 maximum fine for violations of disability parking. It provides that all municipalities, with authority, to establish and pass ordinances implementing the provisions of state law related to disabled parking. Additionally, the bill requires that 20% of fines collected be transmitted to the Department of Public Safety. An amendment has been offered to raise this to 25%. The bill passed in the House and has moved to the Senate for consideration. HB-1612 would provide a tax refund check-off for Hearts of Hearing, an organization that sponsors cochlear implants for children with hearing loss. The bill passed in the House and has moved to the Senate for consideration. SB-251 provides that with regard to the End of Instruction tests required for high school graduation at both the School for the Blind and the School for the Deaf, reasonable accommodation determinations for students, who have individualized education programs or Section 504 plans, would be made by the superintendent of the applicable school. A committee substitute removed the language in the original bill and provides instead that OSB and OSD may order and administer tests and receive student test results for the EOI tests. This bill has passed in both houses and has been signed into laws by the Governor. Written by Linda Jaco, Director of Sponsored Programs, with legislative information provided by Jean Jones in the DRS Legislative Update. Oklahoma ABLE Tech Director, Linda Jaco, will visit Capitol Hill in May to promote the good work of several programs serving Oklahomans. Congratulations! to Oklahoma ABLE Tech's Director Linda Jaco for receiving the Oklahoma State University President's Leadership & Service Recognition Outstanding Staff of the Year award


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American producer/director/cinematographer George Stevens made his professional acting debut at age five in the company of his actor parents. Developing an interest in photography as a hobby, Stevens became an assistant movie cameraman at the age of 17. From 1927 through 1930, he was principal cameraman at Hal Roach Studios, shooting such classic two-reelers as Laurel and Hardy's Two Tars (1928) and Below Zero (1930), as well as a handful of feature films, including the 1927 Western No Man's Law. Stevens was elevated to director in 1930 for Roach's Boy Friends series. Dismissed from Roach during an economy drive in 1931, Stevens moved to Universal and then to RKO to direct comedy shorts (he later professed to hate two-reel comedies, though he enjoyed the company of the comedians with whom he worked, especially Laurel and Hardy). RKO promoted Stevens to features in 1934; after several medium-budget projects, he was assigned the "A" feature Alice Adams (1935) over the protests of the… read more
Please add SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR (1952), with Ray Milland and Joan Fontaine, not very well known but it's so good! Please, thank you!
I was blown away by the mastery of photography an acting of his movie "The Diary of Anne Frank", and it is not even his most renounced film. I am surerly looking more into him. I think I found an auteur to truly follow from that era.


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Many experts assume the social recommendation system is its killer feature.
But what exactly about this feature makes it so? What in fact is the magic sauce of Amazon?
Sure, there is some predictive value in keeping track of many different variables. There always is. It's Amazon's best kept secret.
But I am guessing it's not only a secret for people outside of Amazon. If you would ask me what the most persuasive ingredient is of the sauce, I would say it's copy.
The smartest algorithms make sure you get to see products that you love (to buy). A recommendation engine knows what you really want, what you really really want. Computing thousands of variables is the key to predicting consumer behavior.
Nah, I don't buy it. The black box probably does have an impact, but I know for sure the copy has.
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by Arjan Haring 30 October 2013 11:45am 6 comments
57% of users won't recommend a business if they have a bad mobile site, a simple statistic that speaks volumes about the current landscape in mobile commerce.
Global mobile web usage is increasing exponentially and most businesses know they need a mobile strategy.
Building a mobile-friendly website is just the first step. What happens after that?
At Searchlove this morning, Distilled's digital marketing consultant Bridget Randolph provided her own insight and guidance.
by Christopher Ratcliff 29 October 2013 16:27pm 8 comments
Amazon has topped yet another usability survey after delivering a consistently excellent customer experience across its desktop and mobile platforms.
House of Fraser came a close second followed by Marks & Spencer, Debenhams and Interflora.
The report from eDigitalResearch consists of user surveys that analysed the customer experience provided by 19 retail brands across three digital channels – desktop, mobile web and apps.
It covered six different sections of each site, including the homepage, search, navigation, product pages, shopping basket and checkout.
by David Moth 27 September 2013 13:24pm 3 comments
It's Thursday, and as our usual meme-wrangle Ben Davis is off on a well-deserved break this week, it falls to me, dear reader, to take you by the hand and hurl you into the whirling vortex of fun-ness that we call t'interweb.
Here's a whole buncha stuff that made us shoot milk out of our noses, including tweetfails, the internet of things and the long awaited return of Batman...
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Amazon has overtaken Topshop to become the most popular retailer on Facebook, according to a new report from eDigitalResearch.
I'll obviously lay down the usual caveat at the start – success on social isn't just down to the size of your fan base. In fact we recently blogged about the dangers of measuring social based on fan counts alone.
But that doesn't mean it's not interesting to look at which brands are the most popular across various social networks.
by David Moth 14 August 2013 10:17am 4 comments
Fans of feel-good 90s movies will recall Meg Ryan's valiant but doomed struggle to save her corner bookstore from Tom Hanks's big box rival.
Ecommerce niche sites have found themselves in a similar drama, battling to hold their place in the market and the SERPs against mammoth retailers like Amazon, Staples, and Walmart.
While these larger sites certainly have both marketing and SEO advantages: fast delivery, aggressive pricing, enormous SEO budgets, big brand preference from Google, an easier time adding or removing links, it's important for niche site marketers to recognize that, in certain aspects, they can have an edge.
Here's how...
by Charity Stebbins 12 August 2013 17:33pm 8 comments
Amazon has recently begun testing its new built-in Pinterest imitator, Collections.
The service went live earlier this month and it looks nice and simple. Some are surprised Amazon has so brazenly taken on a competitor, but it certainly feels like a good addition to the well-established Wishlist and 'You might like' features.
Will this new personal aspect add some needed character to Amazon's marketplace? Will Pinterest be unaffected? I take a look at the new feature and ask some questions.
by Ben Davis 08 August 2013 09:56am 3 comments
Around this time last year I wrote a post looking at which of the top 10 UK retailers use Pinterest.
Back then Pinterest was the new kid on the block with bags of potential for building brand identity and driving sales.
To find out whether those brands have persisted with Pinterest or decided the grass is greener over on Google+, I've revisited the same retailers to see whether they still use the network and how their strategies have altered.
The findings are below, but for more information on this topic check out our Pinterest for Business Report or our blog post on how the top 10 US retailers use Pinterest...
by David Moth 18 July 2013 12:59pm 0 comments
What would it take to get you to do what I want? If I looked you in the eye when asking? If it was a Tuesday? If your name sounded like mine?
According to scientists, it's the last. We feel more warmly towards people or things we associate with ourselves, like if my name was Mary Anne and yours was Marilyn. They're close enough in sound and visual likeness that I'd be more apt to do you a favor than one for, say, Richard or Jennifer.
These kinds of findings, argued Nancy Harhut at Integrated Marketing Week, have implications for marketers because we're trying to get people to do things all the time: click on a link, choose our product over another, like our company on Facebook.
Knowing the instinctive, reflexive behaviors that people rely on when making decisions helps our marketing strategies and how we go about designing the prompts or triggers to get others to do what we want.
Harhut identified seven that will help you on your way to world domination.
by Cielo Lutino 17 June 2013 16:17pm 5 comments
Here are some of the most interesting digital marketing stats we've seen this week.
Stats include connected TVs, online customer satisfaction, mobile news publishers, Amazon's ad revenues and the boom in tablet use.
For more digital marketing stats, check out our Internet Statistics Compendium.
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What if you were a product designer at Pear Tree Greetings and part of your job was to come up with unique birth announcement ideas? Oh, and what if you were expecting your first child at the time? That's the situation our designer, Michelle, found herself in recently. Our new collection of birth announcements debuted about a month after her son was born.
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Obama says fight for gun laws 'ought to obsess us'
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Poll: Obama approval continues to slide in Va
President Barack Obama's job approval continues a nine-month slide in Virginia, particularly his handling of the conflict in Syria.
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Obama and the foot-on-desk controversy
President Barack Obama is ruffling some feathers after photos surfaced of him using the famous Resolute desk as a footstool. But he's not the only one who's done that.
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Former journalist discusses implications of government overreach with Obama administration
Some consider the presidency of Richard Nixon to be a time plagued with intense corruption and discriminatory investigations.
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White House responds to critics with photo of Obama shooting rifle
The White House has released a photo of President Barack Obama skeet shooting, following criticism that there was no photographic evidence to support the President's recent interview in the New Republic.
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