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Name: Sheila P.
Status: other
Age: 50s
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Date: 2000-2001
Question:
My husband says certain foods "produce mucus." I say that's nonsense, mucus membranes produce mucus in response to external conditions, regardless of which foods you eat. Which of these positions is closer to being correct?

Replies:
I am not sure mucus production is what is happening physiologically, but several serious singers I know avoid dairy products, especially milk, for several hours prior to performing.

Vince Calder

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