Most of us are aware that diet and nutrition helps us live and maintain healthy lifestyles and most importantly, to avoid chronic diseases. It should therefore come as no surprise that the key to flawless skin begins with the food choices you make every day.

Everywhere we look, famous beauty brands are launching and pushing product after product on us, many of which we don’t actually need. Contrary to popular belief, beautiful and glowing skin is not dependent on expensive beauty products and expensive procedures.

Most of the time, the simple solution to a good skin regimen is opting for a balanced, adequate and varied diet.

According to [1]BBC Good Food, older cells are constantly shed and replaced by younger ones and a steady supply of key nutrients is essential to support this rapid growth. Eating the correct balance of foods will feed your skin the vital nutrients it needs to help it stay soft, supple and blemish-free.

Jonele Hart, author of Eat Pretty: Nutrition for Beauty Inside and Out, further elaborates “Your diet also directly influences hormone levels, which affect your complexion and impact how your genes perform.”[2]

“The nutrients in your food determine how well your skin can repair itself, defend against damage, and partake in other beauty related actions,” she adds.

Here is a list foods that will nourish your skin while satisfying your taste buds.

Nuts and Seeds:
Nuts contain Vitamin E, which helps protect skin from cell damage while supporting a healthy skin growth. “[3]The healthy, monounsaturated fats founds in almonds can also keep skin less inflamed and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, which can occur from the aging process.”
Avocados:
[4]Avocados are also a good source of Vitamin E. Regularly eating avocados will help protect your skin from sun damage, relieve irritation and reduce wrinkles.
Salmon:
Most doctors and dermatologists view salmon as a super-food when it comes to skin health. The omega-3 fatty acids found in salmon are essential ingredients that help keep skin healthy.
Sweet Potatoes:
Sweet Potatoes work wonders for your skin complexion. [5]According to Bustle, sweet potatoes are an excellent source of beta carotene- which is an antioxidant that turns into vitamin A in our bodies. Antioxidants protect our skin from free radicals and vitamin A deficiency is a huge reason for dull, dry skin.
Spinach:
Spinach is a goodsource of vitamins A, B2, C and K. The folate in spinach helps maintain and repair DNA, reducing the likelihood of cancer-cell growth.
Tomatoes:
Tomatoes are considered to be one of the most effective remedies for a clear and healthy skin. They are beneficial for skin health mainly because they have high antioxidant content.
Watermelon:
According to experts, [6]watermelon contains Lycopene which is good for skin. Antioxidants help in decreasing the free radicals produced by the body. Lesser free radicals directly implements to retarding process of aging very effectively.

The data collected about the paid surveys says that only about 20% of the survey opportunities offer on the internet are legitimate. The others are there to make some quick money and then disappear. This means that if you come across 5 paid survey sites or offers, only one of them is legitimate and genuine. But you need not be scared.

This does not mean that I am trying to scare you away from getting into the online paid surveys and refraining you from availing the opportunity. I have also come across many people who are earning decent amount from these surveys. All they have to do is just open the mail box and avail the survey opportunity they are offered.

You seem to be ready to join one now. But wait! Before you join a survey site or a panel, make sure the one you chose is a legitimate paid survey company. You might find it difficult to decide if you are new to this field because there are several devious websites filled of lies. They are just trying to tempt you into paying the membership fee – and then forget it. Some of them change their web name frequently, as one can get a new domain name for only $7. Along with that, the remove previous references or reviews sent to them.

Moreover, if there is any warning sign mentioned at some other place, the link will become invalid.
Even then, there is a ray of hope. I have experienced a lot of legit survey sites and am aware of the tactics adopted by the scam ones. I would be honored if someone could benefit from my experience and earn some extra cash. All am trying to do is to help keep you from getting deceived and letting you reap the benefits of this ever-growing industry.

All you have to do is a little bit of research into the previews regarding the site you are testing. Just enter the site title into a search engine, click search, and start reading. I am sure, in a little time, you will be feeling much more confident about what to do. I have already done that and that is why I am writing these words.

While the Internet has created entrepreneurial opportunities for the likes of both Fortune 500 companies and sole proprietors working out of their basement, the fundamental entrepreneurial dilemma still remains: how can entrepreneurs break into an already established market?

In this article, we’ll outline the steps that entrepreneurs need to follow to break into and conquer any industry online. To reinforce the power of this formula, we’ll use industry giants Google and Apple as case studies.

Step #1: Identify The Reigning Champ.

If you’re going to break in and conquer an industry, you need to know who you’re looking to take it from. Don’t be afraid to aim for the biggest champion; if you don’t you’ll never get there.

Example: Entrepreneurs who wanted to take over the search market would identify Google as the reigning champ. Likewise, entrepreneurs looking to conquer the digital music market would look to Apple as the current market leader.

Step #2: Identify the Champ’s Powers and Priorities.

To understand how to beat the champ, you have to first understand how the champ works. To do this, entrepreneurs need to focus on the reigning champion’s powers and priorities.

Powers are what resources and skills the firm has. A firm’s powers are critical to understanding how the firm gained dominance in the first place. Note that many firms — especially those that have a very strong foothold on an industry — have multiple powers. To help keep things simple, focus on identifying the champ’s most important powers.

Priorities are what values the firm has that dictate how it proceeds. Priorities are generally closely associated with how the company earns revenues: whatever it does to earn revenue is a priority, as that’s what allows the company to stay in business and grow.

Below is a look at the powers and priorities of Google and Apple.

Google
Powers: Their biggest skill is the amount of text-based information they have in their database. Their specialty is delivering breadth of information so that its users can quickly find even the most obscure facts.

Priorities: How does Google make its money? Primarily by people clicking on the sponsored links on its search page. So, getting users to click on ads so that advertisers can pay them is a top priority for Google.

Apple
Powers: With respect to digital music, Apple’s key power is the iPod. The iPod far and away is the firm’s competitive advantage, and they have demonstrated skill in creating portable music devices that have mass appeal.

Priorities: Just as Apple’s key power is its iPod and its ability to make portable music hardware, it’s key priorities are selling those devices. While the firm does make money selling mp3s, the true cash cow for its digital music division is the mp3 player. So the firm’s priority is to make and sell hardware for digital music.

Step #3: Identify the Right Power for You.

Even if you are immensely talented and sure of the fact that you have far and away the best product, success is unlikely if you are trying to build your business around the same powers that the current champ wields. If you try to develop the same powers the champ has, you’ll be competing with them directly on many fronts — not just on acquiring customers, but also on dealing with suppliers, marketing venues, and employees. Because of this, you should place a big emphasis on cultivating powers that are different than what the champ has. In fact, the ideal scenario is to cultivate powers that are complementary to the current champ’s powers so that you can partner with them. Google itself employed this strategy as they partnered with Yahoo! — the champ Google was looking to dethrone — to power Yahoo! search results from October 2002 to February of 2004. This partnership allowed Google, the underdog at the time, an ability to gain a critical partnership that allowed the firm to expand and eventually overcome the champion they initially befriended.

Example: Google’s primary power is its ability to deliver text-based information. But what about non-text based information, like audio and video files? Search engines like AudioFind, SingingFish, and PicSearch are all engines that are cultivating powers in non-text search.

Likewise, Apple’s primary power is hardware. An underdog looking to take down Apple should aspire to cultivate different powers, such as strong partnerships with music labels to deliver content, and/or flexible programs that provide users with more of the kind of music they are looking for. Rhapsody, Napster, and Yahoo! are some firms that have wisely taken this approach.

Step #4: Have Different Priorities.

Just as you want to have complementary powers, you can also benefit from having different priorities. The rationale for having different priorities is the same as why different powers are needed: you want to avoid competing directly with the reigning champ as much as possible. Essentially, the idea is that it’s easier and far more feasible for an underdog to defeat the champ if he/she takes a “back door” approach rather than taking on the champ head on. What you’re really competing for is not the powers or priorities, but rather the attention of the end user. In other words, to beat Apple at the digital music game you don’t need to roll out a better mp3 player; rather, you need to find a more compelling way to get the end user — who, in Apple’s case, is a consumer of digital music — to give you his/her attention.

Example: Snap.com, an underdog search engine looking to take down Google, has established different priorities by creating a new way that they can attract revenue from advertisers. Instead of getting paid per click from a sponsored listing on their search results page, they plan on getting paid when the user actually completes an action on an advertiser’s site (such as making a purchase). This will cause the company to prioritize getting users to complete actions on their advertisers site — not just getting them to click on an ad.

Likewise, Napster plans on taking the digital music market not by prioritizing the sale of hardware, but rather by making the sale of digital music a priority.

Step #5: Attack The Champ’s Powers.

The way to attack the champ’s powers is NOT by trying to be better than the champ at the champ’s own powers. Instead, the idea is to devalue the champ’s powers in the mind of the end user, and thus shift the basis of competition in the market to what your power is.

How can this be done? The most effective way to do this is to imitate the champ’s power in the cheapest way possible. If you compete on price, you are bound to attract some clients — perhaps those who do not value the service much at all or those that simply cannot afford it. In this way, you can attract some of the champ’s audience, and convert them into utilizing the powers that you have to offer.

Example: Could Napster benefit by partnering with a low-cost mp3 manufacturer and distributing an mp3 player as cheaply as possible? In doing so, it could help to commoditize mp3 players, and thus shift the basis of competition in the digital music market back to content.

The search engine industry is slightly different, but the idea is still very much applicable. Search engines often sell their technology to web portals who need to offer search to their users; as a result, an underdog search engine could freely distribute a text-based search engine to attack Google’s power.

The Tough Part: Identifying Powers and Priorities

Clearly, this five step formula to success is fairly simple and straightforward. The true challenge is in correctly assessing what the reigning champ’s powers and priorities are, and then coming up with viable powers and priorities of your own that will help to debunk the champ. Once that can be done, knocking off the champ will be surprisingly easy.