You might be one of those who often complain that mosquitoes bite them more than others.
We often let it pass, thinking that unlike humans, mosquitoes are not a biased bunch. But science has an alternative answer.
You can actually be loved by mosquitoes or repel them, depending on certain bodily factors.
“There’s a lot of research being conducted on what compounds and odors people exude that can attract mosquitoes,” said Joe Conlon, PhD, technical advisor to the American Mosquito Control Association.
And the number of these compounds is as high as 400. The research has just begun, but we do have certain decisive answers to this wringer.
Here are a few factors that may be making you a mosquito magnet. And mind you, mosquitoes can smell them from as far as 50 meters.
