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The Gluten Free Diet And Insects

Matilda

By Matilda
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Matilda
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MySuicidalTurtle
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I seem to be bitten more so or just as much as before!

nettiebeads Apprentice
nettiebeads
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Well, it's the end of the summer here. The days are getting shorter and the bugs are dying. Hurray!

I used to be very attractive to bugs. When I was growing up I was the flea detector in the household. When I started getting flea-bites we knew it was time to treat the animals again. The last couple of years I've had terrible troubles with mosquitos. I seemed to attract them from miles around, and I'd get covered in bites even when my husband didn't get bitten at all. I wouldn't go out without smothering myself in DEET, Skin-so-soft, Skeeter-Beater,and more DEET. I smelt disgusting enough to repel every living creature except mosquitos.

And then when I got bitten huge great weals would appear. The itching! The hours of sleeplessness! The hours of putting on various potions and ineffective remedies!

This year I haven't been bitten. Well, maybe a couple of times, but no big itchy things.

This seems miraculous to me. Has anyone else noticed the insect repellent properties of the gluten-free diet? I'm very interested!

Best wishes,

Matilda

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I think I remember reading somewhere that foods affect the taste of your blood and that mesquitos are very particular. One food item they supposedly don't like is garlic. Maybe it's just a wive's tale. I think I'm still as popular with the blood suckers as I always was and my husband cooks with a lot of garlic.

Who knows?

lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
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I wish. I attracted horses of mosquitoes before I went gluten-free and after.

richard

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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I wish too. I'm a bug magnet. And I get those nasty reactions.

Guest nini
Guest nini
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I've never been tasty to bugs so I wouldn't know!

Guest Viola
Guest Viola
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Perhaps it is the same as what is happening around here the last two years. We've had so few mosquitoes that I've only been bitten about three times or so. It is really strange ... NOT that I'm complaining, I love it .. the mosquitoes can stay away for all time as far as I'm concerned. :lol:

However, up where Mom and Dad were camping there was the usual hords of them, and they bite the same as usual. :(

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