Body odor in general is a turn-off, but manhood odor is even more frustrating. After all, things with a partner can be going very well, with a man believing he will soon know this person sensually. But when he reveals his member and an unmistakable rankness is also revealed, suddenly all bets are off. Fortunately, taking steps to properly attend to male organ health can help diminish manhood odor. And vitamin A needs to be part of that male organ health routine.

The odor problem

But just why is manhood odor such a problem? A guy can smell just dandy all over the rest of his body and still be cursed with that fetid odor when the pants come off.

Basically, the reason is because the manhood is a sweat factory. Unless a guy manscapes, it’s surrounded by that thick thatch of hair just above it and by the hairs on the sacks just below it. Hair is an insulator, so it keeps the heat turned up on the member.

Besides that, when the member gets firm, it also heats up, due to the trapping of blood within the organ. Also, the manhood and sacks nestle right on top of or in between the thighs, depending on how a man is sitting or standing. This provides more body warmth to the area.

Perhaps most important of all, most men keep the male organ beneath two layers of clothing. One layer of clothing provides a fair degree of heat generation; two tends to double that. And if the underwear a man uses is tight, or if it is made of a fabric that doesn’t allow enough “breathing,” then it generates even more heat.

All that heat makes sweat inevitable – and this becomes even more the case when a man is being physically active. The layers of sweat can quickly lead to issues with manhood odor.

Sweat

So a guy gets a lot of sweat around his member. But here’s something most people don’t know: sweat doesn’t stink. If a guy was to capture a trickle of sweat as it just started down his body and give it a whiff test, it would past easily.

What causes the stench is bacteria digesting that sweat. As they do so, they create the odor that clings to the body where the sweat gathered. (Not all bacteria creates odor, by the way; scientists believe that the main culprit is a strain known as staphylococcus hominis.)

Vitamin A

In other words, guys with manhood odor don’t need to worry about sweat; they need to find a way to combat bacteria. And that’s where vitamin A comes in.

Vitamin A (sometimes called retinol) is used for a lot of purposes, including keeping skin looking healthy and fighting acne. It does this by creating a special “lining” that fights bacteria and keeps it from damaging the skin. That same fight helps it kill the bacteria responsible for breaking sweat down and causing manhood odor.

So a guy needs vitamin A in order to fight manhood odor. But how should he get it? The best way is to regularly apply a top flight male organ health crème (health professionals recommend Man1 Man Oil, which is clinically proven mild and safe for skin) that includes vitamin A among its ingredients. A crème is better than ingesting it as an oral supplement, because topical application will deliver the vitamin A directly to the source of the odor issue. As an added benefit, the vitamin A encourages male organ skin cell production and growth, which in turn helps to firm up the skin. Vitamin A also helps protect the member against infection.

Visit http://www.menshealthfirst.com for additional information on most common manhood health issues, tips on improving member sensitivity and what to do to maintain a healthy male organ. John Dugan is a professional writer who specializes in men's health issues and is an ongoing contributing writer to numerous websites.