Mosquitos
 

I've heard that you can help ward off mosquitos by eating the right foods. Is this true? And if so, what foods/drinks are good/bad to eat if you want to keep them away. Also, does alcohol make a difference in the same outcome?

nobody?

isnt it like eating a lot of garlic wards off the bugs because of the oils it secreets from your skin?

onion is rumored to help.

I just spray on the deet. Most of the time it works.

Garlic works....used to eat a clove a day during my climbing years...worked wonders, but damn.

Rubbing laurel leaves on your skin is effective as well....smells a hell of alot better too.

I've heard that vitamine B helps. But I've also read that it's a crock, and that the only effective mosquito repellant is DEET.

Embrace the Mosquito! :D

I''ve always found that munching large numbers of thai peppers helped.

Ditto on the DEET comment. It's the only proven thing that works. Unless you are able to stop exuding CO2.

yep, either vitamin C or B (can't remember which one) is really supposed to work... whoever told me also gave me a really believable reason why it would work as well... *shrugs*

garlic.....and DEFINATELY stay from banannas. noone likes sars

fckm is right. Taking vitamin D always helps a lot, at least for me. Whenever I go camping or something, i start taking vitamine B like 2 days before. It actually gives off a sit of a scent when you sweat, so it wards off the mosquitos... But yeah... most people can smell when you take the stuff so I only recommend using this when you are out in the wilderness or something.
BTW: dont get freaked if ur urine is really bright yellow... ur just pissing out whatever your body did not take in.

I might add:

The blackened cajun pike we had was delicious and had an effect on the state bird. I just wish my eyes would have stopped burning sooner.

The coleman bracelets <sp> work well for a buddy of mine.

The coleman coils worked AWESOME in the cabin. No real bad smell.

Sometimes, when nothing seems to work, break out a nasty cigar. Especially when the fish are biting. Just remember to stop smoking when you get home. We gots sum serus skeeterz ^ her.

I take D and B every day, does that mean people that sit next to me must be thinking, "Peww, this guy needs to lay off the vitamins!"

There are a lot of foods that will attract mosquitoes, basically anything with lots of potassium in it. As for warding them off, not sure. I am from northern New Brunswick Canada; you just get use to it :)

It's entirely body chemistry related. I, for one, am rarely bitten by mosquitos regardless of what I eat, while my Mom gets eaten alive. Just dumb luck on my part.