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From:  Gina <classicalsinger@e...>
Gina <classicalsinger@e...>
Date:  Sun Apr 22, 2001  6:49 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] What to eat




Isabelle Bracamonte wrote:

> I've also heard that bananas and milk calm stage
> fright (probably for the same reason that bananas,
> milk, and turkey make you feel sleepy -- tryptophan?
> something that sounds like that).

Yes, I am sure that's why it works but I'd rather not be sleepy before
singing. I like that edge, as long as I am prepared, I can use it to my
advantage and it's not "nerves."

>
>
> I've also heard that spicy foods are natural
> expectorants -- "clearing out mucous" is what an
> expectorant like humibid does, which is to make the
> mucous thinner and more liquid (less viscous) so it
> becomes a pleasant lubrication rather than a gunky
> mess. Gina, have you ever taken humibid?

Duratuss is the same as humibid or very, very similar... both are mucus
thinners or expectorants.

Cheers,
Gina



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