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Advice for my lingering laryngitis. >> it shouldn't last more than two weeks. you should use warm bmplgs and rest your voice, use a humidifier. if it goes on more than two weeks, see an ear, nose and throat doctor. it can bring on reflux. reflux or allergies. >> eric: dr. samaudie. >> a lot of people smoke and drink alcohol. anything that would bring the acidity in the esophagus can cause the inflammation of the vocal cords. it should pass over two weeks. if it continues, make sure you see your ears, nose and throat doctors because there could be a polyp. there is sometimes other bacterias and...

This summer, the rachel maddow show staff was introduced to something called lakrisal, a swedish licorice delicacy. she introduced it to us as if it was candy. ha! we tried it, and it tasted flipping awful. bitter in an extremely salty way, like a gagatorium in the office when everybody tried it. so then naturally we wanted to know why it's like that. we went to the chemist who we keep on retainer around here -- doesn't everybody do that? to investigate the three main ingredients in lakrisal. licorice, ammonium chloride and sugar. we asked him to tell us why it was so freaking bitter. we teste...

To enjoy if you like. nice and garlicky and paprika. >> garlic breath is great. >> yeah, it is. >> once you decided on your proteins and you're preparing your food, the key to food and wine is balancing the acidity. i'm going to drizzle it with olive oil here. we have rigatoni and the most important step for food and wine pairing i have a citrus based vinegar here. we'll drizzle that in like so and what that does is brings up some of the acidity and balances the flavors on your palate. on this pasta dish, we've included a little bit of smokey bacon. now, we're pairing this dish with a pinot ni...

Sports and energy drinks. this new study out of illinois in general dentistry is the first that really looks at what these things do to our teeth. and they found that the energy drinks are doing a lot of damage to our teeth, even more than the sports drinks. let's hear from dr. jane who is the primary author on this study on what the study showed. >> our beta suggests that teens are drinking a lot of energy as well as sports drinks assuming that these are healthier for them, compared to other soft beverages, and so the acidity of these dings which is erosive to their enamel and satisfactor and...

>> i tried. >> and now slurp the second coffee. slurp the medium roast. >> and what does slurp do? besides sound terribly -- >> you're aerating. you want to make sure -- remember that through the nose is where you get most flavor. not through your tongue. so we want to slurp it across to aerate your palate, to make sure you got the full experience. >> so we smell, we slurp, and then everybody has a different geography of our palate. so how does that play into -- >> so you're going to identify where are you reacting to the coffee. with the blond roast you're going to be reacting as higher acidi...