Potentially bad news for fasters and other ketogenic dieters, some mosquitos seem to be attracted to the smell of ketones. Others seem to be attracted to a diverse skin microbiome, which also seems unfortunate for paleo/primal lifestyles.
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Too many innocent people get sick or die from mosquito bites.
A probiotics product to replace DEET sprays would be neat.
JFC that's me.
Wonder if it means I should eat breakfast (which I usually skip) if I plan to go hiking or i of the lack of fasting and keto-adjacent dieting needs to be sustained for a time
I wondered the same things. I don't even know if the ketones being smelled by the mosquitos are being generated inside the human's body or if they're produced by skin microbes.
Ah, so it's not sweet blood from eating a lot of sugar...
Doesn't seem like it, but it might be particular bacteria or fungi from eating lots of sugar.
My son gets bit a lot more than anyone else in the house. He's also the youngest with the smoothest skin, and so we thought that was why. Is there a connection between youth/smooth skin and skin microbiome?
Yes. I have no idea what, but it seems overwhelmingly likely.
thanks for sharing! my gf thinks it's her blood, now I have to explain to her that it's actually her skin microbiome...
And she's probably hanging out with the wrong kinds of mosquitos.
Hahaaha, fair, but I'm the one she keeps around ✌️