They may be resonant but dang these sinuses!

[folkmew]

As a voice teacher I often point out to people that your sinuses are part of "the mask" the area in your facial bones that helps to create a resonant tone. But right now!? I'd be happy not to have them

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[cherydactyl]

I have no idea if it would help you, but trying to improve my sinus and upper respiratory problems is why I am (trying hard and somewhat succeding to be) non-dairy. It *is* difficult, and more so because my kids *love* milk and ice cream. ::shrug:: You might consider it.

[folkmew]

Good lord! The hell you say!?? Ahem. I mean - oh, does dairy badly affect sinus!?? Jolly bad news that!

I love dairy. I eat fat free cottage cheese, tons of yogurt, milk, and yes, ice cream is one of my absolute favorites. Oh dear. I used a lot less dairy for a while when I seemed to be lactose intolerant but after I had the kids that seemed to go away so I didn't look back.

Hmm. I suppose if this was a chronic thing I'd for sure consider that but I don't usually have this sort of problem. The timing just sucks right now.

[cherydactyl]

If it's not chronic, it's probably not worth it. It's really a pain in the neck, especially with kids.

As a singer, you know the old adage about not easting dairy before you perform, right? Dairy promotes mucus production...and if your mucus is screwed up for whatever reason, producing more screwed up mucus is not necesarily so good. I found that removing dairy from my diet has, on average, significantly reduced the duration and severity of the colds I get. Before I figured this out, I would regularly treat a sore throat by eating lots of ice cream, and I am convinced I did myself more harm than good that way.

J just recently decided to try to go non-dairy on the reccomendation of our family doctor, because *he* has chronic sinus problems too.

[folkmew]

That's interesting. I haven't ever had a particular problem with Dairy before singing. My voice teacher told me drinking enough water offsets it and it always seems to work for me.

But, if it aggrevates sinus trouble I wonder if it is the kind of thing where you need to have a dairy free diet all the time - or if it is "cut back on dairy when you're having particularly bad sinus trouble and it will help" because *that* I could for sure see doing.

[folkmew]

Oh, hey, for what it is worth? When I was not doing dairy I discovered "Tofutti Cuties" and vanilla tofutti and found them to be a very decent substitute for icecream when I had a craving. My kids loved tofutti cuties, the only reason we don't do them anymore is I haven't felt like Ineeded to avoid dairy and they're more expensive. :-)