On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at 03:46  AM, Tad Glines wrote:

> My parents would start supplementing with brewer's yeast about 3 months
> prior to a camping trip. This would help keep the mosquitoes away.
>
> Makes me wonder, if consuming brewers yeast alters your body chemistry
> enough that you get shunned by mosquitoes, maybe it's not such a
> healthy
> thing to eat.
>

Due to the extra B vitamins in the yeast, I believe.