Hans, I have noticed this reaction to salt for the last 30 years. I have to avoid salted popcorn or salted Fritos mostly. Just salt IN food has no reaction. After my lips contact salt they are usually worthless for up to 4 or 5 hours.
Regards, L. Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Pizka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Leonard & Peggy Brown'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'The Horn List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 12:46 PM Subject: RE: [Hornlist] what are lips? > Somewhat hysteric reaction ? Several hours ? You must eat extreme salty > or mere salt ? What do people living near to the sea ? Exposed to salty > winds ? > > Or is the result of your salty food the use of a lot of beers to spill > the salt off. Well, this would result in playing problems, indeed. > > And if you like salty food, why do you bath your lips in the salty food > instead just putting it into your mouth & eat it without licking your > lips salty ? > > What salty food ? Salted preserved pork ? Salted potatoes ? Salt water > cooked potatoes ? over salted soup ? Salted pickles ? Salted eggs ? > Salted bretzels ? > > ============================================================ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Leonard & Peggy Brown > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:57 PM > To: hornlist > Subject: [Hornlist] what are lips? > > I have found that I can't play several hours after eating salty food, my > lips just don't respond. They don't feel dried out but just too soft > with > no tension. I have always considered lips to be lips and skin to be > skin. > Are lips just skin with an abundant amount of blood vessels under them? > If > so why does salt kill my playing? We have a few MDs on this list... > What > the heck are lips? > > Leonard > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de > > > _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
