Comments on: Reality bites: Does eating bananas repel mosquitoes?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:34:35 +0000

I have no idea why, but eating bananas definitely a tracked more mosquitoes to me than when I do not eat them. I believe in scientific studies, but if you were someone with the actual problem and get mauled by all bugs as much as I do, no scientific data would matter to you if your personal experience tells you otherwise. I will have to try using the banana for healing though.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:10:54 +0000

That’s nature’s way of telling you that you’re inferior. See, in the past, when medicine and vitamins weren’t available on every corner for free, inferior beings like yourself and Hannah there would easily die from your diseases, as nature was designed to weed you out so only the fittest survived.

Unfortunately, modern medicine means that instead of dying at an early age from the diseases that mosquitoes carry or some other issue, you’ve been able to survive, and in some cases (like Hannah again), people like you have procreated and spread your weak genes into the world.

But still, nature tries to do something to correct the balance by sending mosquitoes after you more frequently, in the hops that eventually, you’ll catch something and die.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:28:13 +0000

I’m diabetic as well and the same thing happens to me! They swell up so huge and even if I don’t scratch them it takes forever for them to go away! What is weird is that before we suspected I was diabetic, mosquitos didn’t affect me any worse than they did everyone else. I’m thinking there is some correlation!

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:12:44 +0000

And by the way, I soaked my skin in 40% DEET and I also sprayed it on my clothes, shoes, and hair. I STILL got bitten over 10 times while watching fireworks while my son and his fiance didn’t get a single bite!! Ugh! I got bit on my neck, arms legs and feet! I was wearing long sleeves and jeans too! They bit through jeans!! Those were some very determined bugs!

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:08:55 +0000

I’m diabetic and for some reason, the mosquitos LOVE me!! It’s like I carry a neon sign that flashes, “Mosquito Buffet”! If I don’t eat sweets or tons of sugar, why are they attracted to me more than others?? When I get bitten, they don’t go away in a day or two they go away in a week or two!! I don’t get it!!

By: Student Finance Advice

Student Finance Advice — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:49:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing the interesting article.
My mother has always told me to eat bananas to keep the mossies away, since I was a child.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:57:40 +0000

but tell me Dr Wendy,
is DEET a corrosive chemical thats not so great to use on a regular basis?

nice article, you keep debunking all these things i thought i knew.
xx
debbie

By: Sally Casey

Sally Casey — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:30:44 +0000

Hi Wendy,
You really do have a way with words and imparting information in an interesting way. I loved the article. I’m glad I don’t have to eat bags of bananas to repel mozzies I don’t mind eating one occasionally, but as a repellent you’d probably have to eat bags of them! I think RID seems to work!
XX Sally