Very useful advice! Thinks like chocolate and dairy effect me massively so I try and stay away, where as I have a friend who can eat a chocolate bar and then sing and her voice will be clear as glass! However, this is not the best thing to do and I avoid anything like it as much as I can!
Water is my number 1 essential though as it has so many benefits!

Charlotte O'Growney , Actor , 07/06/13 , 304 AP

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Definitely worth a read! The voice is so much more fragile than we realize! In my third year of university I gave myself laryngitis from a combination of overusing my voice, not speaking efficiently and a simple lack of regular sleep! Luckily I got myself an appointlment with ENT and had speech therapy before it developed into anything more serious, like nodules! My top tips are:

If you feel a sore throat coming, do not push through it! REST your voice as much as possible!

Concentrate on breathing deep into your abdomen when you're talking just as you would when you're singing!

Try to keep your neck and throat relaxed when talking and singing.

Make sure you are giving yourself enough time to sleep properly every night!

Remember that your voice won't be hydrated strait after you drink some water - it takes time for the body to take the water to your larynx - so drink REGULARLY through the day!

In general you just need to love your larynx :)