Drink alcoholic beverages. Eat or drink extremely hot foods or beverages. Add sauces, gravies, broth and dressings to foods. Suck ice chips, popsicles, gum or sugarless hard candies to keep the mouth moist. Try including citric acid in your diet to stimulate saliva production.
Citric acid is present in oranges, orange juice, lemon, lemonade and sugarless lemon drops.
You can also add lemon to tea, water and soda. Drink liquids with your meals. Practice good mouth care. Eat or drink very hot foods or beverages. Eat strongly flavored foods such as chocolate, lasagna, spaghetti or barbequed foods, unless you have mouth or throat sores.