Is Insect Repellent cheaper and Better In Philippines than in UK?

[grahamw48]

Well, chemicals do come out through the pores in our skin, so who knows ?

[lastlid]

So if you are a gin and tonic drinker then you are ok.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_water

[grahamw48]

But of course...forgot about that (Quinine).

Drink enough G & Ts and you won't care anyway.

[lastlid]

Drink enough G & Ts and you won't care anyway.

[lastlid]

Either that or drink a glass of insect repellant every night.

[Steve.r]

I was always told that if you eat bananas, the mosquitos are attracted to the postasium in them, apparently they can smell it as it is sweated out of your skin.

Not sure if there is any truth in that

[lastlid]

I was always told that if you eat bananas, the mosquitos are attracted to the postasium in them, apparently they can smell it as it is sweated out of your skin.

Not sure if there is any truth in that

Maybe not so crazy an idea. I know my ex wife ate quite differently to me. I tend to like sweet foods and puddings where she stuck to savoury only. There is little doubt in my mind that mosquitos are selective in who they bite.

[Doc Alan]

Tonic water used to contain quinine, a natural alkaloid which was for 300 years the antimalarial drug of choice. Gin was added to make the taste less bitter, and the drink was introduced in India during British colonial days. Quinine is still used in treatment of malaria but not as a first line drug. It also reduces fever and is a pain killer. Several hundred mg a day are needed to be effective.
One Gin and Tonic contains about 2 units of alcohol and used to contain 20 mg of quinine ( now it's just flavouring ). Even in the past, malaria would indeed be the least of your problems after bingeing on 50 G + T's

[Steve.r]

Even in the past, malaria would indeed be the least of your problems after bingeing on 50 G + T's

[lastlid]

Just been googling and came across this....

"Chemical repellents like OFF! repel mosquitoes, but not because mosquitoes don’t like the smell of these repellents. Rather, it’s because the chemical DEET is very effective at masking the smell of carbon dioxide and lactic acid. When you’re wearing DEET, the mosquitoes can’t smell you and so they leave you alone. Natural repellents like geranium oil or citronella work the same way, they just don’t seem to be quite as effective as DEET.

Why Do Mosquitoes Like Certain People?

You’ve probably noticed that mosquitoes seem to be more attracted to some people than others. That is also because of smell—and not because mosquitoes prefer certain blood-types, as people sometimes say.

Each of us has a distinctive smell, a sort of aromatic fingerprint. There are about 400 or so different aromatic compounds that make up the human scent—and about 30 of them appear to have a masking effect. If any of these compounds happen to be prominent in your aromatic fingerprint, it tends to make you less visible to mosquitoes. Other compounds act as attractants, making certain people not just visible to mosquitoes but bona fide mosquito magnets. About 10% of the population are mosquito magnets.

So, is there anything you can do to manipulate your smell in a way that makes you less appealing to mosquitoes? Is there any truth to the old wives’ tale that eating garlic can repel mosquitoes? Actually, there is."

http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtyti...ito-bites.aspx

[lastlid]

http://www.webmd.com/allergies/featu...osquito-magnet

Are you a mosquito magnet......

(My ex wife was)

[grahamw48]

Could it be the 70s Old Spice I'm still eking out ?

[grahamw48]

Tonic water used to contain quinine, a natural alkaloid which was for 300 years the antimalarial drug of choice. Gin was added to make the taste less bitter, and the drink was introduced in India during British colonial days. Quinine is still used in treatment of malaria but not as a first line drug. It also reduces fever and is a pain killer. Several hundred mg a day are needed to be effective.
One Gin and Tonic contains about 2 units of alcohol and used to contain 20 mg of quinine ( now it's just flavouring ). Even in the past, malaria would indeed be the least of your problems after bingeing on 50 G + T's

Never again....

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[lastlid]

Could it be the 70s Old Spice I'm still eking out ?

I guess that would confuse em....or maybe the great smell of Brut...

[lastlid]

Never again....

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Is that you?

[grahamw48]

Thanks.

[lastlid]

Just jesting...hard to tell from the angle and dim light....

[Dedworth]

what kind of bizarre kick do you get Jason Jo posting inane remarks on this and your other thread about mozzies in Luzon ?

[Ako Si Jamie]

just rely on my natural unwashed stench of BO, stale beer and cigs to see the little critters off.