How To Hydrate Your Vocal Cords - Professional Voice Care Center
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Do you know how to hydrate your voice? Karen Sussman, M.A., CCC, celebrity voice trainer, vocologist, and Director of the Professional Voice Care Center, discusses the important topic of optimal hydration for your vocal cords.
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What about seltzer? Does that tend to increase reflux similar to sugared/flavored carbonated beverages?
Here's a great article on reflux that explains why seltzer is bad for reflux. It increases gastric distension and puts pressure on the esophageal sphincter. www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/features/top-10-heartburn-foods
Thanks for this! Could decaffeinated tea count as water?
Yes and no. Decaf tea has a minute amount of caffeine in it (about 2 mg), so there wouldn't be much of a drying effect there. However, if you have reflux, black tea is acidic. Herbal tea (caffeine free) can count as water, and it is more alkaline.
Thanks for the quick response Karen. You are wonderful!@@VoiceCareWithKaren
@@PetravanNuis thank you kindly! Glad this is helpful!
My antidepressants dry my throat as a side effect thus affecting my singing. Will this hydration method help while i continue with the antidepressants? I hope i get a reply.
Many medications cause dryness of the throat as you have noticed. Yes, hydration and steaming or inhaling nebulized saline using a nebulizer such as VocalMist should help.
Drink half my body weight in water? If I convert pounds to ounces it is definitely WAY to much water. Clearly I misunderstood. Please clarify with a sample equation, thanks!
Here's an example to clarify this formula: A person who weighs 150 lbs. should drink about 75 oz. of water daily, more if she is active, works out, dances, hikes, or works in a hot environment. Of course, professional voice users (e.g., singers, actors, teachers, public speakers) should also have more water, unless there is a medical reason why the person should not have additional water. Naturally, we advise our clients to increase slowly, maybe 4-8 additional daily ounces each week, so your body can gradually get used to the increase. Hope this helps!
I am under the impression that if you drink water before with a meal, you will die loot your stomach acid and can increase your chance of reflux/gurd is this correct??
Also, the amount of water calculated, is that kilo body weight or stone body weight?? I would imagine it’s kilos😮
So sorry that my reply apparently didn't post. According to the Mayo Clinic: "There's no concern that water thins down or weakens down (dilute) the digestive juices or interfere with digestion. In fact, drinking water during or after a meal helps how your body breaks down and processes food (digestion)". And I'm using pounds and ounces in the USA. A 200 lb. person should drink 100 oz. of water, more if active or a professional voice user.
Caffeinated drinks are not diuretics.
From the Mayo Clinic: "As a chemical, caffeine increases production of urine, which means caffeine is a diuretic. But most research suggests that the fluid in caffeinated drinks balances the diuretic effect of typical caffeine levels. High doses of caffeine taken all at once may increase the amount of urine the body makes. This is more likely if you aren't used to caffeine".
"Half your body weight in ounces of water"?! I weigh 150 lbs. So do I drink 75lbs = 1,200 oz per day? Not likely! I think you mean the 'half body weight' figure (75 in my case) to refer to the number of ounces, not the actual weight. You could have put it better!!
Haha! We dealt with this in other comments. How about: The number that is 1/2 your body weight = the number of ounces of water you should drink. More if you are active, sing, act, work in a hot environment, etc.
I don't know what you're baffling about. I did understand what she said, it is obvious she didn't mean we must drink a thousand oz per day. 🤷
She did a good job with her explanations.
Sometimes we do not realise we need a lot more water than what we commonly drink.