Karma Reminder: Don't Brag, K is a B!
EryOaker
Posts: 434 Member
Just yesterday I was bragging how this summer I've yet to be bitten by a mosquito. I was attributing it to my LCHF diet, as there's less sugar in my blood thus making me not as yummy as my carby friends/family. Well, today little ms karma decided to put me in my place. I had a mosquito get in my house and munch on me. Now I'm all itchy.... I just killed that SOB, but not until she made me an itchy mess.... thanks Karma... lesson re-learned......oh and you're a B!
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LOL
I'm the type of person who people like to have around when outdoors because the mosquitos will all go for me. I have a few bites on each limb at any given time during the summer. The same goes for one of my three boys. Bugs love us... and it didn't change when I changed my diet either. In fact, my son who is bitten a lot is a carb-o-holic. Go figure.1 -
I used to be total mosquito bait pre-Keto and that should also explain what I HATE mosquitos with a passion above any other kind of bug out there; however, after going Keto, I get very few bites during the summer as compared to the awfulness of how it used to be for me pre-K. My secret weapon: Avon's Skin So Soft....nice smelling perfume...mosquito repellent (NOT KIDDING)!!4
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I live in one of the worst mosquito habitats you can imagine! There are clouds of them around here... swarms! It's crazy.
I get bit lots, and bad. I remind myself that "mosquitos pollinate chocolate... mosquitos pollinate chocolate... mosquitos pollinate chocolate..." This somehow makes them more bearable! Haha!2 -
Yep, I inherited my tasty blood from my dad. He's a carb man and I'm definitely Low Carb and my bite to square inch of skin ratio never changed with my diet. I sell Avon and only the new SSS Bug Guard spray works for me, at least it doesn't make me ill and melt plastic like Muskol or Deep Woods Off. Unfortunately it only works for an hour or two on me.1
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I'm "that person" too. This summer at an outdoor dinner party for work people were freaking out because I looked like "pig pen" from Charlie Brown, but it was mosquitos swarming around me. While wearing mosquito repellant.1
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I'm shocked I haven't come down with West Nile Virus quite frankly. Those *kitten* swarm around me no matter what I try. And to top it off I'm super sensitive to bug bites (I have really fair skin - maybe the the issue?) so I swell up really big and often end up scarring. It's really awesome. Effing mosquitoes.1
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I've noticed no change in how many bites i get keto vs not. Urban legend growing?
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No change with me regarding mosquitos.
We have a lot of tics in North Carolina. I was clearing out my little 72 sq.ft. of raised beds the other day and ended up with 3 tics on me. Tics are not only in the woods.0 -
I guess I'm a rarity. I'm an epic mosquito magnet. However, when I was fully keto, I never got touched...even higher low carb and they left me alone 95% of the time. Got my first bite the other day, actually... However, getting back to essential oils and unscented lotions, etc. has really gotten them to back off some.0
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EFFING MOSQUITOS!!!!
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I recently heard that garlic and B-1 will keep the bugs at bay. Since I've been using those, 0 bites. I quit them about 2 weeks ago for lab work today and I've gotten 2 bites this week. May be nothing, may be something, but it keeps those horrible deer flies away, too. I'll be taking them again starting tomorrow.2
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I was reading the same about the garlic and B1 after googling when the topic came up. Another interesting factoid was that it is only the female mosquito that bites and feeds on blood. Something about laying her eggs.0
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I have always been unusually attractive to mosquitos and ticks, biting flies, etc. Keto/no_keto does not seem to have any impact. I smoke a pipe, and that seems to help keep them at a safe distance while I am the walking smudge pot.1
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I think I've gotten more mosquito bites since being keto than before. However it's still much less than the average person. My husband however is a mosquito magnet. Usually if I stick with him they'll avoid me. I guess he's tastier. lol.0
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2t9nty, I think that you would be better off with a few mosquito bites, it's better for the lungs!0
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Mosquito not a big deal but horse flies and ticks are a different story.0
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GaleHawkins wrote: »Mosquito not a big deal but horse flies and ticks are a different story.
OMG YES! Horse flies are evil littler effers! I've never felt a non-poisonous/non-sting bite hurt so bad in my life! My family is from Maine. So I'm well aquatinted with horse flies. And midgies!!! The swarm of microscopic teeth that gives you 1 million bites a second! Those guys too. Eradicate them! Asap!0 -
I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Google says only the female midge bites...0
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2t9nty, I think that you would be better off with a few mosquito bites, it's better for the lungs!
If I were inhaling, you would be right. As it is, the hygienist at the dentist office complains about the stains on my teeth. That is about it from the medical establishment in terms of concern. I think my PCP considers smoking a pipe to be the same as "non-smoker."0 -
Mosquitoes lurve me, keto or not keto.1
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Those girls love my flavor. Just got back from Alaska and not one bite!!!!! Now I wore pants and tee shirts with repellent in them. I've been fat burning/keto this summer as well.
When we were waiting to board a ship for a cruise to a glacier others were getting attacked by huge biting flies, another group that usually favors my flavor, but they just kept flying past me and I did not have the tees nor the pants I had been wearing just regular jeans and a spray jacket. My husband was gobsmacked by that, he hardly ever gets bitten by anything, it is always me, so he was really amazed I didn't get one bite.
So not sure what caused this miracle, but I am happy it happened. So urban legend or not, I'm sticking with this way of eating and will see how next summer fairs for me.1 -
I get eaten alive if I don't use copious amounts of bug spray (and then still do sometimes).
FYI - Unless you have diabetes and run high BG normally unless on keto, your blood isn't more or less sweet on this WOE than otherwise. In either case, we do not have a whole lot of glucose moving around in our blood at any given moment. Regardless of whether keto or not, the primary macronutrient contained in blood is fat. Protein is next, and finally carbs (glucose).
If your BG is at about 80 mg/dl; and you have around 5L of blood, you will only have 4g of glucose in all of your blood (a mosquito will not take anywhere close to all of your blood).1 -
I'm gonna make myself distinctly unpopular here, but it wouldn't be the first time, and frankly, as (1) it's a topic in which I am well-versed and (2) repeatedly drawn on, it's not something I lose sleep over...
Karma means Action. Pure and simple.
It's not revenge, it's not pay-back, it's not a smart-*kitten* kick-in-the-pants, it's not judgemental, it's not retribution, it's not come-uppance.
It's Action.
We all Act.
Therefore we are all subject to Karma.
It simply means Cause.
Effect, or consequence, is Vippaka.
With the greatest of, and deepest respect, it tires me when people bandy the word around without truly understanding its sense, or meaning.
I was born, baptised and raised a Catholic, and it is disrespectful of those who are determined atheists, to mock, deride, mis-quote, misunderstand or misinterpret the works of Christian literature, when they are ignorant of the accurate and deeper meanings of The Word.
I am now a practising Buddhist and have been, for over 20 years.
But I still have nothing but the utmost respect for those who choose to follow God and adhere to the Lessons of Christ, in the Bible.
I have been too long on this earth to do otherwise.
I trust that this small iota of education will benefit those who are equally interested and respectful of other Walks and Callings.
And if it's any help, killing Mosquitoes is fine.
The Greater Good is served by their demise.
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Minnesota native, here! Our unofficial state bird is the skeeter
Luckily, our state has undertaken a lot of good serious work in controlling the population with stormwater management - to the point we have an actual official task force dedicated to it, and it hasn't been as bad in recent years.
Research Agency - Minnesota's Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD)
https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/Mosquito_control_and_stormwater_management2 -
Not the right thread for this but wanted to share with the OP @CRZYFTM who has an interest in NAFLD so placing on a thread originated by her. This popped up on my computer as being from Low Carb Down Under so I thought something might be of interest to you.
Dr. Nicolai Worm: Nutrition Therapy of Non Alcoholic Fatty Live Disease
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOsyMd04F3I&feature=push-u&attr_tag=yJnSaRqAASKad3mi-6 3 -
Not the right thread for this but wanted to share with the OP @CRZYFTM who has an interest in NAFLD so placing on a thread originated by her. This popped up on my computer as being from Low Carb Down Under so I thought something might be of interest to you.
Dr. Nicolai Worm: Nutrition Therapy of Non Alcoholic Fatty Live Diseasehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOsyMd04F3I&feature=push-u&attr_tag=yJnSaRqAASKad3mi-6
Thanks, lovey! I appreciate it!
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Great presentation. Thanks for the link.0
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For 20 years, I have had high liver enzymes - outside the normal range. I asked my doctor about this, and he said I had NAFLD. He said we could confirm this with an MRI or something, but there was nothing to be done in terms of treatment.
My last blood panel after 8 months of <20 net carbs a day (and some weight loss) had liver enzymes at the very low end of the normal range. It was a dramatic change. I have an appointment coming up, and I will ask about the change in levels.3 -
For 20 years, I have had high liver enzymes - outside the normal range. I asked my doctor about this, and he said I had NAFLD. He said we could confirm this with an MRI or something, but there was nothing to be done in terms of treatment.
My last blood panel after 8 months of <20 net carbs a day (and some weight loss) had liver enzymes at the very low end of the normal range. It was a dramatic change. I have an appointment coming up, and I will ask about the change in levels.
I've had a doctor tell me the same thing. He basically said there was no cure/treatment because there wasn't a pill for it out there. When I discussed LCHF, he told me that our body's aren't built to run of fat! (Insert hysterical laughter). I found a diff doctor!
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My Dr. just told me it wasn't that bad yet and we didn't need to do anything about it. At that point he almost swallowed his teeth. I went on to lose 40 lbs. and when I went back he praised me for losing wt., my liver enzymes were normal and when I told him I did it with low carb, he told me it was impossible and that I should go back to a high carb, low fat diet. He almost swallowed his teeth a second time. I haven't been back and have no plans to see him again. My problem is finding someone who will support me on this WOE.2
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