People half-remember Marmite as some kind of wartime energy product, the brown jar that kept factory workers and soldiers going. The reputation is real, but the science is widely misunderstood. Marmite barely contains any calories at all, so it is not an energy source in the way a sugary drink or a flapjack is. What it does carry is a heavy load of B vitamins, which help the body release energy from the food you eat. That distinction is the whole story.
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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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