Has helped me a lot when fly fishing in the Scottish Highlands.There's some stuff you can get from Avon that deters gnats and their other little bitey friends. Its called Skin-So-Soft and its a spray oil in a greenish-blue bottle (you must get the spray oil). We had a friend who had to do a lot of camping out in the Army and he buys loads of it - and told Mr Chook about it during one summer when Mr C was getting badly bitten. It must have some kind of deterrent in it because if he walks in to one of those clouds of swirling gnats they all avoid him. It smells nice, too.
No, I'm not an Avon lady.
So I am wondering if there is something to do with the metabolic changes to do with running on fats which has reduced/eliminated my reaction.
Ooooooh @LittleGreyCat that's really interesting! That could so be the case! I suppose what we eat could well determine how we taste!
I haven't noticed a difference in how delicious I do or don't taste to nasty wee fanged beasties since lowering my carb intake, but a couple of weeks ago I had a bite on my calf that was *just* a bite, and then it morphed overnight into something so very alarming that I was googling both cellulitis and Lyme disease. It is neither, I am glad to report, but it was the itchiest thing I have ever had, and the redness has only just gone! And it sort of spread and grew and got redder and thicker, and ended up about the size of the lid on a small yoghurt pot, but with ragged edges.
Goodness knows what species the beastie was, but it was certainly a card-carrying member of the evillest branch of its family tree..............
My grandson sprays on so much cologne no living creature on Earth can get within fifty feet of him.
couldn't agree more - ive always suffered from any insect bite - gnats, cat fleas, etc - but since my levels have raised my legs are disgusting and not for public display!!Apparently the sweeter you taste the more you get bitten.
All my life I have been a martyr to insect bites.
They always seem to swell up enormously.
A mosquito bite on the ankle can be crippling as I can hardly bend the ankle and have to wear sandals because I can't lace up shoes.
Strangely, since I switched to proper LCHF I don't seem to have had this problem.
Insect bites just seem to itch and be gone in 3 days.
So I am wondering if there is something to do with the metabolic changes to do with running on fats which has reduced/eliminated my reaction.
Something a simple as blood glucose feeding the reaction. I know there is a view at the moment that some cancers are sugar hungry, and LCHF can reduce or stop their growth.
Further (unplanned) test under way.
I had the doors and windows open yesterday evening to help keep cool and I've been bitten a few tim,es.
Let us see if all goes well.
i read that roll on deodorant stops bites itching. Tried it and it works for me!There's some stuff you can get from Avon that deters gnats and their other little bitey friends. Its called Skin-So-Soft and its a spray oil in a greenish-blue bottle (you must get the spray oil). We had a friend who had to do a lot of camping out in the Army and he buys loads of it - and told Mr Chook about it during one summer when Mr C was getting badly bitten. It must have some kind of deterrent in it because if he walks in to one of those clouds of swirling gnats they all avoid him. It smells nice, too.
No, I'm not an Avon lady.
There's some stuff you can get from Avon that deters gnats and their other little bitey friends. Its called Skin-So-Soft and its a spray oil in a greenish-blue bottle (you must get the spray oil). We had a friend who had to do a lot of camping out in the Army and he buys loads of it - and told Mr Chook about it during one summer when Mr C was getting badly bitten. It must have some kind of deterrent in it because if he walks in to one of those clouds of swirling gnats they all avoid him. It smells nice, too.
No, I'm not an Avon lady.
All my life I have been a martyr to insect bites.
An Avon Chook??There's some stuff you can get from Avon that deters gnats and their other little bitey friends. Its called Skin-So-Soft and its a spray oil in a greenish-blue bottle (you must get the spray oil). We had a friend who had to do a lot of camping out in the Army and he buys loads of it - and told Mr Chook about it during one summer when Mr C was getting badly bitten. It must have some kind of deterrent in it because if he walks in to one of those clouds of swirling gnats they all avoid him. It smells nice, too.
No, I'm not an Avon lady.
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