Vitamin B keeps mosquitoes away
Madeline Hayles from Koorda, Western Australia writes:
Thank you for the fantastic updates in your newsletters. My husband and I live 230km north-east of the city of Perth in Western Australia and try to live with nature and without all the nasties. We have a permaculture garden and orchard out in the middle of nowhere. Your newsletters are a welcome diversion to our daily routine.
I recently went hiking (in winter) in South Western Australia’s forest, through all the giant Tinglewood trees, which is a perfect environment for mosquitoes. The local person that was our guide advised us to take multi-vitamin B tablets two days prior to going on our bush walk and to continue taking them during the walk. As mosquitoes love me, I certainly took the advice and was fortunate to be left alone by the little blood suckers. According to our guide, people with high levels of vitamin B in their system naturally repel the mosquitoes.
I did not get bitten in the week that I was in the forest and those who did not take vitamin B [said] they did get bitten. Thought this may be useful to others that have the attraction for these biting insects!
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