Mostly diet. (update: when I say diet, I mean the last 3 months of diet, not what you ate today)
Avoid sugars, eat garlic and spicy food.
There are some genes that affect how you smell, and how you perspirate. But diet dominates
Update: let me explain diet more, what you eat determines your body’s metabolic state, and the body’s hormones. Both of those have a huge impact on how the body off gases the pheromones released the heat produced the oils manufactured.
Considering that human diet can modify the metabolic rate and the release of different odor-related volatile metabolites (Havlicek & Lenochova, 2006; Ajibola et al., 2013; Baranska et al., 2013; Zuniga et al., 2017), it is not surprising that some foods and alcoholic beverages can have an impact on the release of kairomones. However, as shown in this section, the literature on these aspects is quite scarce and further studies on the effects of diet on susceptibility to mosquitoes are needed.
Reading the sections prior to that, it seems metabolic rate and some other factors matter more in the attraction of mosquitos - mostly odors and other stuff influenced by genetics.
Mostly diet. (update: when I say diet, I mean the last 3 months of diet, not what you ate today)
Avoid sugars, eat garlic and spicy food.
There are some genes that affect how you smell, and how you perspirate. But diet dominates
Update: let me explain diet more, what you eat determines your body’s metabolic state, and the body’s hormones. Both of those have a huge impact on how the body off gases the pheromones released the heat produced the oils manufactured.
I don’t believe this. My daughter and I get bit as soon as we step outside. My wife and son don’t even put on bug spray.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667114X21000522
Reading the sections prior to that, it seems metabolic rate and some other factors matter more in the attraction of mosquitos - mostly odors and other stuff influenced by genetics.
That’s anecdotal, not data.