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Does eating Marmite repel mosquitoes? What the science says

Does eating Marmite repel mosquitoes? What the science says

A popular bit of holiday wisdom says that eating Marmite, packed with B vitamins, makes your sweat repel mosquitoes. It is one of the most thoroughly tested folk remedies there is, and it has failed every test since 1969. Marmite does many things. Keeping the midges off you is not one of them.

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