can mosquitoes diagnose us?

[Guest guest]

Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

[Guest guest]

Oh yes. My former husband never got bitten by skitters. I would watch them

land and then woof, gone. They didn't find him appealing at all. He has

practically no body odor and I read somewhere that besides the CO2 they go for a

certain scent as well. I must put out mosquito perfume cuz they love me!

" H. Wish " <orchidwish@...> wrote: Observation: those

around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

[Guest guest]

Hi, .

I think lactic acid is a factor, too, since mosquitoes can detect it.

People who have mitochondrial dysfunction, which produces low

metabolic rate, tend to generate more lactic acid, because their

muscle cells have to rely more on glycolysis. Maybe mosquitoes prefer

blood with more lactic acid. Maybe they are able to derive energy

from it readily. Our heart muscles can use lactic acid from the blood

as fuel. Maybe it's good fuel for them, too.

It would be interesting to correlate lactic acid measurements (from

urine organic acids tests) with people's experience with mosquitoes.

Rich

>

> Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

> bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

> drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all

any

> more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

> that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

> mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

> metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

> land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

>

[Guest guest]

We are still so drought-ridden here that the mosquitos have disappeared.

Adrienne

can mosquitoes diagnose us?

Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

[Guest guest]

Not here . . . we just got sprayed for West Nile Virus . . .Yikes!!

Sue T

" Adrienne G. " <duckblossm@...> wrote:

We are still so drought-ridden here that the mosquitos have

disappeared.

Adrienne

can mosquitoes diagnose us?

Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

[Guest guest]

>>>> Not here . . . we just got sprayed for West Nile Virus . . .Yikes!!<<<<<

That would make me very sick. Did you feel any worse? Could you smell the

pesticides?

I was just told here, that in some areas, they are using the same chemical that

is used for headlice. That is some potent poison, tho of course they say it is

safer.

I have lived for years in a protected no-spray zone area and pray that holds.

Katrina

>

> We are still so drought-ridden here that the mosquitos have

disappeared.

> Adrienne

> can mosquitoes diagnose us?

>

> Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

> bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

> drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

> more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

> that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

> mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

> metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

> land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Could not smell anything . . . I am so sick of the East Bay Area . .it is SOOO

toxic!!! Like I said before it is a toss up between 5,000 ft elevation in Reno

area or live here in Toxic Land.

Great choice, huh . .(or I guess I could be homeless in Arizona somewhere, but

that would be even more stress to deal with . . see you have to weigh all the

stressors added up together. It is a tough decision.

At least I am improving on Yasko . . . my body is methylating so hopefully it

will detox a lot more toxins than before.

Sue T

kattemayo <kattemayo@...> wrote:

>>>> Not here . . . we just got sprayed for West Nile Virus . . .Yikes!!<<<<<

That would make me very sick. Did you feel any worse? Could you smell the

pesticides?

I was just told here, that in some areas, they are using the same chemical that

is used for headlice. That is some potent poison, tho of course they say it is

safer.

I have lived for years in a protected no-spray zone area and pray that holds.

Katrina

>

> We are still so drought-ridden here that the mosquitos have disappeared.

> Adrienne

> can mosquitoes diagnose us?

>

> Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

> bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

> drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

> more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

> that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

> mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

> metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

> land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I wonder the same about fleas. All of my life before I became really

sick with CFIDS I was flea bait. Once I became too sick to work they

pretty much started to ignore me. Even when household pets are

infected with fleas, they don't bother me too much. All in all I'd

rather have the fleas!

Michele G

>

> Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

> bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

> drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

> more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

> that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

> mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

> metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

> land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

>

[Guest guest]

I understood this to be a deficiency of a specific B vitamin, B1 I think.

I regularly serve as the mosquito buffet.

mjh

" The Basil Book "

http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/

[Guest guest]

Now Rich,

Isn't your perspective completely contradictory of the CO2 theory? I mean

if our metabolisms are anaerobic, we are producing lactic acid but not

CO2, right?

Tim

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I think lactic acid is a factor, too, since mosquitoes can detect it.

People who have mitochondrial dysfunction, which produces low

metabolic rate, tend to generate more lactic acid, because their

muscle cells have to rely more on glycolysis. Maybe mosquitoes prefer

blood with more lactic acid. Maybe they are able to derive energy

from it readily. Our heart muscles can use lactic acid from the blood

as fuel. Maybe it's good fuel for them, too.

It would be interesting to correlate lactic acid measurements (from

urine organic acids tests) with people's experience with mosquitoes.

Rich

> Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

> bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

> drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all

any

> more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

> that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

> mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

> metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

> land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

[Guest guest]

Hi, Tim.

It's a matter of the relative amounts. PWCs do exhale carbon

dioxide, just not at as high a rate as do normal, healthy people.

As far as I can tell, it's the skeletal muscles that are most

affected by glutathione depletion, and their metabolism is switched

more in the anaerobic direction than normal. The vital organs,

however, including the brain, the heart, the liver, the kidneys and

others, are still operating on oxidative metabolism. As time goes

by, the heart muscle starts to feel the effects of systemic

glutathione depletion also, and that's when diastolic dysfunction

sets in. I suspect that the brain and nervous system are also

affected fairly early on. I think the lactic acid seen in magnetic

resonance spectroscopy of the brain, as well as the hypersensitivity

of the senses, are evidence of this. I agree with Dr. Cheney's view

that the operating point of the neurons is shifted somewhat in the

seizure direction and away from the coma end of the range.

Rich

>

> Now Rich,

>

> Isn't your perspective completely contradictory of the CO2 theory?

I mean

> if our metabolisms are anaerobic, we are producing lactic acid but

not

> CO2, right?

>

> Tim

> -----------------------------------------------------------------

> I think lactic acid is a factor, too, since mosquitoes can detect

it.

> People who have mitochondrial dysfunction, which produces low

> metabolic rate, tend to generate more lactic acid, because their

> muscle cells have to rely more on glycolysis. Maybe mosquitoes

prefer

> blood with more lactic acid. Maybe they are able to derive energy

> from it readily. Our heart muscles can use lactic acid from the

blood

> as fuel. Maybe it's good fuel for them, too.

>

> It would be interesting to correlate lactic acid measurements

(from

> urine organic acids tests) with people's experience with

mosquitoes.

>

> Rich

>

> > Observation: those around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes

pretty

> > bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of

our

> > drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at

all

> any

> > more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory

is

> > that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism

could

> > mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a

low

> > metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes

sometimes do

> > land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm the same way. They bite me like crazy!

Sue

Observation: those

around me tend to get bit up by mosquitoes pretty

> bad this time of year (very humid in Hotlanta and finally out of our

> drought). I've noticed for years that I don't get bit much at all any

> more. I joke that they know my blood is bad. I know one theory is

> that mosquitoes go for CO2 emissions and our lower metabolism could

> mean reduced CO2 emissions, but at least one other person with a low

> metabolism does get a lot of bites. Also the mosquitoes sometimes do

> land on me but tend not to bite. Have others noticed this?

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