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Why Mosquitoes Bite YOU: the Science, the « Sweet Blood » Myth and the Evening Beer

Same terrace, same evening: your neighbour sleeps in peace and you're counting bites. It's neither luck nor your « sweet blood » — it's chemistry, and part of it plays out in your glass. Here's what science actually knows.

• 🎯 What genuinely draws them to YOU: the CO2 you exhale (detectable from 50 metres — and you produce more after sport or a big meal), body heat, and the lactic acid in your sweat. Add blood type (type O appears to get bitten more in studies) and your skin flora, as unique as a fingerprint. That's why it's « always you »: your personal chemical cocktail
• 🍬 The « sweet blood » myth: there is NO evidence that sugar in your blood or skin attracts mosquitoes — grandma was wrong on this one. What you DRINK, however, does matter: see the next point
• 🍺 The evening beer genuinely attracts them: studies (including one that became famous) show beer drinkers get bitten significantly more — alcohol changes body odour and skin temperature. The terrace apéro is literally bait. The smart version: an INTI mocktail (ginger, turmeric, lemon — 0% added sugar, 0% alcohol) in a big iced glass. Let's be straight: INTI doesn't repel mosquitoes — but it doesn't invite them either
• ✅ What works (and nobody does): DEET or icaridin repellent on exposed skin (the only validated ones), mosquito nets on the bedroom windows, EMPTYING standing water — the flowerpot saucer is a mosquito nursery —, and the fan: mosquitoes are weak flyers, a simple airflow grounds them
• ❌ What doesn't work (and got sold to you): anti-mosquito wristbands, ultrasound apps, vitamin B, and citronella alone (effective… for minutes). That money is better spent on a real repellent and a net

The peaceful-terrace kit: validated repellent on the ankles (their favourite zone), fan aimed at the legs, zero standing water on the terrace, net in the bedroom — and the iced INTI mocktail instead of the beer that turns you into bait. After the bite: cold, no scratching. ⚠️ See a doctor if: a bite swells enormously or gets infected (heat, pus), or fever in the days after a trip to a tropical zone — that one is an emergency.

❓ FAQ

Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others?

Because everyone emits a different chemical cocktail: exhaled CO2 (detectable from 50 metres, more abundant after sport or a large meal), body heat, lactic acid in sweat, blood type (O appears more attractive in studies) and each person's unique skin flora. « Sweet blood » is a myth: no evidence that sugar attracts mosquitoes. Alcohol, however, does: studies show beer drinkers get bitten significantly more — alcohol changes body odour and skin temperature. What actually protects: DEET or icaridin repellents, mosquito nets, emptying standing water, a fan (mosquitoes are weak flyers). Ineffective: wristbands, ultrasound, vitamin B, citronella alone. A terrace alternative with no alcohol and 0% added sugar, like an INTI mocktail, doesn't attract mosquitoes — without repelling them either. Fever after a tropical trip = urgent consultation.