SINGER'S FOOD

Because your voice is an instrument of flesh and blood, diet is more important for singers than it is for other types of musicians.   In other words, you need to pay special attention to what you put in your body - especially on the days before a performance.   A bad diet could be causing the production of too much phlegm (mucous), or it could be drying you out, causing damage to the tissues inside your larynx.   Below is a "singer-tested" list of foods that have been found beneficial or harmful to the voice.   While this list as a whole has not been clinically tested, the myriad of testimonies from singers concerning these foods are significant.   Take into account that we all have different body chemistry.   Some people I know are completely unaffected by anything they eat, while others can't even think about certain foods without their voices locking it up and calling it quits.