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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?

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Destrox

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

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Boo

onion is rumored to help.

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

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tecoyah

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.

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fckm

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.

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tropple

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

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Jay Francis

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

ronan

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*

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kurtisj

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

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kinsaj

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.

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Boo

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.

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kalisto_911

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!"

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SuperJay

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

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Derwood

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.

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