Hey guys, welcome back again to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy. Today we’re going to be discussing
how to get rid of mucus off of our vocal cords, but before we do that, I think it’s really
important to ask ourself one big question, and the question is this: there’s an old
saying “You are what you eat.” So the question is what do you put into your body?
I like to think of my body as like an engine of a car. And if I pour sludge into the engine
of my car, I can’t expect high performance. So with that said, nutrition plays such a
key and pivotal role in staying healthy. And if we have mucus on the cords, more times
than not, it’s because our body is fighting off an infection, or something’s just
not right. So, for feeding our body cheeseburgers, and pizza, and popcorn, and potato chips,
and cococola and a bunch of crap, please don’t expect your body’s immune system
to perform at full capacity. So, but with that said, there is a lot of really cool things
we can do to countermand that, and to also have a good immune function, but also some other
remedies that can help us to get rid of mucus off the cords. So, I’m going to start really
quickly with some of my Go -To’s. Now, I’ve toured the world for 30 years,
and in the 30 years that I’ve toured, believe it or not, I’ve only cancelled two shows.
That’s right. You heard me, two shows, due to cold and flu. One was a respiratory thing
that I had, and another was a case of pneumonia that I had. In fact, when I sang one of the
videos, “How to sing like Freddie Mercury” I actually Sang That Video When I HAD PNUEMONIA,
believe it or not. You can even hear the congestion, because I used to have post nasal drip, or
sinusitis, and that’s another thing that can cause mucus on the cords, is post nasal
drip. So, maybe if we get time we’ll talk about that, but first and foremost, what might
Go - To’s are, for myself, is: Nutrition. I really subscribe to a book by a guy named
Dr. Fuhrman, it’s called “Eat To Live”. Now, this book is predominantly focused on
people losing weight. I’ll put it on the screen so you can see it, but it’s really
focused on Super Nutrition. So, I don’t know that you can follow it to the letter
of the law, but I’ll tell you what, man, if you can follow some of what this book has
to say, as far as nutrition, you are going to be in the 80 percentile, or 85 percentile
bracket of people that can eat and maintain good vocal health, and to remove mucus from
the cords, and so, and mucus from all over, sinus infections, and whatever.
Now, in addition, then, to that, once we’ve established good dietary practices, one of
the things that I do for colds, now colds and flu are two different things, but one
of the things I do for colds is just simply take zinc lozenges. You do a zinc lozenge,
you can do it every couple hours, five, up to five times a day, and you can do it up
to five, to six days for the week. Now, you want to stop after that, because it can actually
tear down immune function if you do it too long, but it’s an extraordinary way that
the minute you start to feel a cold or flu, suck on a sink lozenge and chances are you
won’t get it at all, and if you do it will be cut in half, or less than half, and then
the total duration of the cold itself will also be shortened. So instead of having a
cold for four or five days or something, you’ll get it for a day, maybe two at best, at most.
Now you’ve seen other things like Emergent-C, and stuff like that that also has zinc in
it, so there’s some cool stuff out there that’s like that. Something else that I
do that is just absolutely awesome: it’s fairly new. It’s called liposomal vitamin
C. This stuff is Rock Star good. And what it is, it actually has an absorption rate,
I think of over 1000 times that of a buffered or ascorbic acid, and/or, like rosehips or
something like that, regular vitamin C, a chewable vitamin C, over 1000 times absorption rate,
because the molecules are a lot smaller so it can absorb and be retained into the body
much better. Something else that I do, and I love this
stuff, it’s called Danielle L’Don’s grape seed extract spray. It’s called anti-viral
fungal fighter. And this stuff is really cool. You spray it under the tongue, you can also
do this every hour, every 20 minutes. I mean, it’s grape seed extract. It’s not going to hurt you.
But if it’s bitter, under the tongue, it lets you know you have an infection. And
when it stops being bitter, you’ll start noticing that your cold or flu has gone away.
This stuff is absolutely awesome. Something else that’s really, really good, ha, ha.
it’s kind of a funny name… But this company here, it’s called Wish Garden… This is
a guy who’s very anal about stuff that he makes, it’s called Kick Ass Biotic, heh,
heh. True Story, that’s the name, I’ll show you on the screen. And he has a great
line of products. A product called “Get Over It” and some other stuff. Anyway, he
makes some really great healthy organic stuff that includes echinacea and goldenseal. If
you can’t get this, you can get all this stuff online. By the way, I have no vested
interest in any of this stuff. I don’t own stock in any of these companies, nothing.
It’s just these are things I know for a fact that work, and have worked well for me
to keep me healthy, especially on the road, you know, with bad sleep, and sometimes bad
food, time changes, weather changes, in and out of cold air conditioning, hot conditions,
and so forth… Dryness… But anyway, echinacea and goldenseal by Zand. This stuff is awesome
too, I highly recommend it. So, you can either go with the kick ass biotic or you can go
with this, they're both really good. Now I want to talk about biotics because a
lot of people have taken a lot of antibiotics, and I’m going to take a little side note
here before I get into flu… But because of that, we have lost a lot of the lactopro,
the cool hairs that grab the good bacteria from our stomach, and we’re really deficient
in being able to retain these good bacteria. So, with that said, I strongly recommend getting
a good probiotic. Try to get the good refrigeratable ones… And guys, I know some of this stuff,
kind of, is a little expensive. I think this is like about 50 bucks and it’s like a two
month’s supply. But how much are you going to spend on antibiotics at the doctor’s
office or going to a hospital visit. I promise you’ll spend a lot more than that just in
synthetic things that actually don’t make you well, but barely put a Band-Aid on things.
So, or prolong situations at best. Something else I like to do is oil of oregano,
this stuff is really good too. Works for colds and helps clear off some of the mucus on the
cords. So getting back to echinacea and goldenseal, or the kick ass biotic: you spray it in the
back of the throat, and you, like elderberry, and some other things that are in it, you
just let it come, just gently go down the throat and it’s super awesome.
Something else that’s excellent. Excellent, excellent, I’ll put it on the screen is
Perio Wash. now, a lot of us have heard of, you know, gargling with Listerine, for example…
That’s like gargling with kerosene. If you swallow that stuff, it even says it on the jar,
it says “rush to the hospital immediately,” you know, from swallowing this stuff, don’t
swallow it.. Perio Wash is 100% natural, all organic… Exceptional. You can gargle with
that, it works so good, it’s so soothing, especially for sore throats and again, like
I said, mucus on the cords or a lot of gack, a lot of gack in the throat.
For flu, something that’s excellent is colloidal silver. This stuff RULES, and why? Get the
1100 ppm or 1000 ppm, try to get up there. A whole dropper full, once a day, 3, 4, or
5 days, the minute you start to feel a little bit of fever, or chills, or something coming
on, use this stuff, it will absolutely knock out flu. Boom. Flat on its back, which is
super awesome. Something else that’s really, really cool:
Nature has its own antibiotic: and it’s just simply called GARLIC. You can take raw
garlic and you can chop it up, put it on a piece of toast, not too much, a clove or two.
BOOM. Eat it. Give it the same respect you would as an antibiotic, and it will absolutely
rock your world and help you overcome a cold and a flu both. It works for both, actually.
Something else that’s really cool is just ginger, man. Cut off a little sprig of ginger.
Chop it up in some green tea, or some tea, and slowly sip this. Ginger is excellent!
Very excellent for colds and flu and also getting rid of inflammation and gack on the
cords. Also guys, it’s helpful to take just a good
multivitamin, you know, because we’re not getting a lot of nutrition in our food and
stuff, so, a good multivitamin just once a day or twice a day, or whatever the prescribed
thing is, absolutely awesome. Speaking of something that we don’t get
a lot every day as well, is vitamin D3. This stuff is also excellent, and almost all of
us are deficient in vitamin D three, so I highly recommend this. And I know it sounds
like a lot of stuff, but in the wake of what I’m talking about it really, really isn’t.
Something else that I also highly recommend is Omega-3. Omega-3 oils. This stuff will help
with brain function, and all kinds of good stuff, and it’s just something that’s
an absolute necessity in our diets. I actually happen to like the cod liver oil, the lemon
flavored… I forget what the name… Carlson’s, I believe it’s called… I’ll put that
on the screen too. And then I’m going to talk about a couple
more things, but lastly, about this subject. This is incredible. This sucker right here
is awesome. This company called my PurMist, I’ll post this on the screen too, has made
a humidifier that is literally hospital grade, and it’s self-cleaning. This thing totally rocks.
They even have eucalyptus tabs you can put here in the humidifier, and you just
put it on. They even have it with a strap. You just do it maybe two minutes, three minutes
a day, a couple, three times a day… Totally clears out the sinuses, totally clears out
the crap on the cords. Absolutely awesome, guys.
So with that said, I hope this was helpful for you. I’m going to post all this stuff
on the screen so you can see where to get it. Go online and just research this stuff,
and until next time, thank you for joining me. Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy.