Non toxic bug bite prevention

After reading all of the postings about bug bites, it's finally time to post what works for us.

We buy garlic capsules at Similares on the 25% off day, Monday.

We have been seriously playing with the timing of taking them, and have finally found what works perfectly for us.

We are on the beach at 6am daily. Without the garlic, we were each getting 3 to 6 bites, big ones, that would go away pretty quickly. Now that we each take one garlic capsule right when we get up at 5:30, we have had one bite between us in a week. Very telling.

We paddle about 7:15 daily, and used to get a few bites a week when out on the water. Now, we aren't getting any at all!!!

When happy hour rolls around, we take another one-we keep a bottle in the bar. That seems to keep us bite free all evening and through the night.

We haven't had to use spray insect repellent in months. When we did, we used the orange cap OFF that Mega Soriana sells among other places.

Good Luck!!!

Sounds like a plan. Are these garlic capsules expensive? Will we reek of garlic? (Don't want to repel our friends as well). Do we have to get up at 5:30 am?