Your Gut After Happy Hour

March 3
9 mins

Episode Description

Ever notice you get bitten more after a drink? It’s not bad luck — it’s biology.


In this episode, Mike Hardenbrook unpacks the surprising science behind why alcohol makes you more attractive to mosquitoes, including:


• How alcohol increases carbon dioxide output and raises skin temperature

• Why vasodilation and subtle changes in body chemistry make you easier to detect

• The role of sweat, scent, and metabolism in mosquito attraction

• What this reveals about how quickly alcohol changes your physiology


🎧 Tap play to discover why that “one beer” might turn you into mosquito bait — and what it says about how alcohol affects your body in real time.

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