In Reply to: try vit b posted by Chris on Sunday, 9. December 2007 at 00:33 Bali Time:
It was thought that Vitamin B1 or Thiamine makes the perspiration smell unpleasant to mosquitoes but no research has proven this. In fact, Thiamine in high doses is highly toxic. Cerebral Malaria can cause brain damage to the mother and child. Deet, the active ingredient in insect replants is totally safe on humans. It blocks the mosquito's ability to detect the Carbon Dioxide that is expelled from the skin and mouth of humans. It does not kill the mosquito.
The use of Deet is proven as an insect repellent, Vitamin B has not.