Monday, 21 November 2022

Vitamin B1 is Not a Mosquito Repellent. So Why Do Doctors Prescribe It? | Entomology Today

Anopheles mosquito

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Some faulty science in the 1940s gave rise to the myth that consuming a vitamin could deter mosquito bites. A new review compiles the decades of scientific studies disproving the idea and explores why it still persists.

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