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Basketball Image Credit: Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images You need strong hands to be a successful basketball player. Even stronger hands are needed to perform basketball tricks like the professionals – such as palming a basketball. Palming a basketball requires strength, practice, coordination and determination. There are multiple exercises you can complete to help develop strength in your hands, wrist and fingers. Using resistance bands, rubber balls and hand grippers, you can quickly strengthen your hands....

While crunches can be part of a balanced workout routine, you cannot get washboard abs from crunches alone. Image Credit: PeopleImages/E+/GettyImages If you’re doing crunches every day in hopes of getting six-pack abs, it may be time to reassess your approach. While crunches can be part of a well-rounded exercise routine, even 50 crunches a day or more won’t get you a flat belly without additional habits. Advertisement Whether you want to lose belly fat in order to reduce your risk for several diseases, fit better in your clothes or show off your abs in a swimsuit, you'll need to eat healthily and complete balanced workouts....

references Celiac Disease Foundation:"Sources of Gluten" Whole Grains Council: "Whole Grains A to Z" Celiac Disease Foundation: "Gluten-Free Foods" FDA: "Gluten and Food Labeling" GFCO: "About Us" Mayo Clinic: "Dietary Fiber: Essential for a Healthy Diet" Spelt is not gluten-free and should be avoided if you're intolerant. Image Credit: Karisssa/iStock/GettyImages Image Credit: Karisssa/iStock/GettyImages While spelt is sold as a whole grain, you can also find it ground in the form of spelt flour....

Knuckle push-ups are the favorite of boot-camp and martial-art instructors. Image Credit: Jun/iStock/GettyImages Push-ups may be simple, but they’re simply ​amazing​. They can build your chest as effectively as lighter-weight bench press, per a June 2017 study in the ​Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness​. And they just might help predict your risk for cardiovascular disease. Advertisement In a February 2019 study in the ​Journal of the American Medical Association​, men who could do 40 or more push-ups were at a lower risk of serious cardiac events over 10 years than those who could only do 10....

Salads are a low carb option at McDonald's. Image Credit: Elena Rui/iStock/GettyImages If you’re on the keto diet or following another low-carb plan, having low-carb McDonald’s options in your back pocket is a good idea. Though you may make more meals at home and prep in advance, having a plan for on-the-go is important, too. Advertisement To keep you on track with your goals, take a look at the menu before you go....

Shish taouk consists of grilled chicken breast coated in a flavorful sauce. Image Credit: Jupiterimages/liquidlibrary/Getty Images Shish taouk, sometimes spelled shish tawook, is a chicken dish that originated in Lebanon but is now available throughout other regions, including the United States. Although chicken is a lean meat, shish taouk is relatively high in fat because it includes ingredients such as olive oil and yogurt. The dish provides a range of diverse flavors thanks to spices such as cinnamon, allspice, oregano, garlic and parsley....

The O positive blood type diet prescribes lots of lean meat and vegetables. Image Credit: istetiana/Moment/GettyImages Despite what the weight-loss industry will tell you, dieting is about finding what eating style works best with your individual physiology. The Blood Type Diet is one system that attempts to do that. Advertisement The premise of naturopathic physician Peter J. D'Adamo's Eat Right 4 Your Type is that you have a unique genetic makeup predisposing you to certain chronic conditions and diseases....

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Fatigued woman sitting beside a window. Image Credit: Kraig Scarbinsky/Photodisc/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes iron deficiency as the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide. Though it’s more common in developing countries, many Americans suffer from low iron. Because of regular menstrual blood loss, women are especially vulnerable. Economic and nutritional factors place some minority group women at even higher risk for low iron and its associated health consequences....

A jar of flaxseed oil. Image Credit: yokeetod/iStock/Getty Images Sunflower oil is a heart-healthy polyunsaturated fat. It comes from pressing the seeds of sunflowers, or Helianthus annuus. It’s a light, nearly flavorless and odorless oil that works well raw or cooked in many recipes. U.S. production of sunflower oil has increased since the 1960s, in part due to consumer preference for polyunsaturated oils over butter and lard, according to the Economic Botany website of the University of California, Los Angeles....

Yogurt has become the poster child of probiotic foods. and it's versatile enough to include in multiple meals. Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative Visit Page https://www.amazon.com This thick, satisfying yogurt is a good source of probiotics. Image Credit: Maple Hill Organic Image Credit: Maple Hill Organic Stonyfield is a tasty and readily available option that you’ll find in supermarkets across the country. Image Credit: Stonyfield Organic Image Credit: Stonyfield Organic...

The best exercises for knee pain strengthen your joint-stabilizing muscles through a comfortable range of motion. Image Credit: miniseries/E+/GettyImages In This Article Straight-Leg Raise Standing Hamstring Curl Clamshell Wall Sit Seated Heel Slide Bridge With Ball Standing Terminal Knee Extension Reverse Lunge Hip Adduction With Ball Supine Heel Slide Quad Set Lateral Lunge Side-Lying Hip Abduction Short Arc Quads Standing Hip Abduction Standing Hip Adduction Standing Hip Flexion Standing Hip Extension How to Exercise With Bad Knees When you have achy, sore knees, working out is probably the last thing you want to do....

Exercise DVDs offer price-friendly workout programs you can do right from the comfort of your own home. Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative How We Chose Our Picks What to Know Before You Buy Visit Page https://www.amazon.com Image Credit: CriticalBench.com/LIVESTRONG.com Image Credit: CriticalBench.com/LIVESTRONG.com Image Credit: Beachbody/LIVESTRONG.com Image Credit: Beachbody/LIVESTRONG.com Image Credit: HIPSHAKE/LIVESTRONG.com Image Credit: HIPSHAKE/LIVESTRONG.com Image Credit: Cathe Friedrich/LIVESTRONG.com Image Credit: Cathe Friedrich/LIVESTRONG.com Exactly How to Become a Certified Personal Trainer

If managing your blood sugar is a challenge, you may want to try the consistent carb diet. Image Credit: EXTREME-PHOTOGRAPHER/E+/GettyImages There’s a dizzying amount of information (and misinformation) online about the best diet for diabetes, to the point that cutting through the noise can feel overwhelming. However, the consistent carbohydrate diet for diabetes may be one of the best options to help you manage your blood sugar levels. Advertisement The consistent carbohydrate diet for diabetes, also called the controlled carbohydrate diet or the CCHO diet, is based on the principle of evenly spreading out your daily carb intake across all that day's meals and snacks....

Image Credit: AndreyPopov/iStock/Getty Images Insulin resistance and diabetes are not the same thing, but these medical issues are closely related. With insulin resistance, the body stops responding normally to the hormone insulin. This leads to a buildup of blood sugar. If left unchecked, insulin resistance commonly leads to type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Some people, with a condition called prediabetes, experience insulin resistance but do not yet have diabetes. Research suggests that alcohol has an effect on insulin resistance....

Is five hours of sleep enough? The experts say no. Image Credit: Twenty20/@adamkuylenstierna According to a 2016 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Week Report, more than one third of American adults are not getting as much sleep as they should be on a regular basis — and it’s not doing them any favors. Advertisement The recommended amount of sleep, per the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society, is seven or more hours per night, also deemed "a health necessity for adults" by the association....

Grab a pair of dumbbells and strengthen your back with these challenging exercises. Image Credit: Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision/GettyImages You don’t need to fill your workout with endless pull-ups in order to build a stronger back. A pair of dumbbells and the right exercises can work just as well. Advertisement The key is to focus on eccentric and isometric movements, which are an excellent way to make traditional exercises more challenging, says New-York based personal trainer Carolina Araujo, CPT....

Body builder holding dumbbells Image Credit: RomanOLebedev/iStock/Getty Images Reverse flys, also spelled flyes or flies, target the muscles on the back of the shoulders. The posterior deltoids are the main muscles on the back of the shoulders. Reverse flys also work the muscles of the upper and middle back, particularly the rhomboids and traps. Bodybuilders can perform reverse flys with dumbbells, resistance bands and a cable machine. Because bodybuilding requires lifting heavy weights to stimulate muscle growth, heavy dumbbells, a machine or thick, heavy resistance bands are necessary....

More research is needed on the potential use of peppermint for diabetes. Image Credit: Cristina Ionescu/iStock/GettyImages The millions of Americans with diabetes must constantly try to keep their blood sugar under control, often searching for natural options that might help. One idea that often comes up is peppermint, particularly peppermint tea. Though it sounds like a sweet idea, does it really work? Advertisement What's Known and Not Known As far as direct impacts on diabetes symptoms, such as lowering blood sugar or controlling complications, there’s not a lot of research supporting peppermint’s role in these areas....

Moose are among the largest of game animals. Moose is one of the most richly flavored game meats, and if you're fortunate enough to bag one -- or have a hunter in the family who has -- their sheer size guarantees you'll have lots of opportunity to learn how to cook it. Like other wild game moose's flavor and tenderness will vary widely depending on its diet, habitat, how clean a kill it was and how quickly the hunter cleaned and chilled the carcass....