BLOOD-ADIPONECTIN-CONCENTRATION INCREASE-ACCELERATOR AND/OR DECREASE-INHIBITOR THEREOF AND VISCERAL FAT ACCUMULATION INHIBITOR
Disclosed is an agent for accelerating the increase in and/or preventing the decrease in the blood adiponectin level, or a food, beverage or animal feed for accelerating the increase in and/or preventing the decrease in the blood adiponectin level, which comprises a culture or cell of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the genus Lactobacillus, particularly Lactobacillus gasseri or Lactobacillus helveticus as an active ingredient. Also disclosed is a visceral fat accumulation inhibitor or a food or beverage for inhibiting the accumulation of a visceral fat, which comprises a culture or cell of Lactobacillus helveticus as an active ingredient.
1 . A blood-adiponectin-concentration increase-acceleration and/or decrease-inhibition agent comprising a culture and/or cells itself of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus as an active ingredient.
2 . The blood-adiponectin-concentration increase-acceleration and/or decrease-inhibition agent according to claim 1 , wherein the lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus are Lactobacillus gasseri or Lactobacillus helveticus.
3 . A blood-adiponectin-concentration increase-acceleration and/or decrease-inhibition food or drink comprising a culture and/or cells itself of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus as an active ingredient.
4 . The blood-adiponectin-concentration increase-acceleration and/or decrease-inhibition food or drink according to claim 3 , wherein the lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus are Lactobacillus gasseri or Lactobacillus helveticus.
5 . A blood-adiponectin-concentration increase-acceleration and/or decrease-inhibition feed comprising a culture and/or cells itself of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus as an active ingredient.
6 . The blood-adiponectin-concentration increase-acceleration and/or decrease-inhibition feed according to claim 5 , wherein the lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus are Lactobacillus gasseri or Lactobacillus helveticus.
7 . A visceral fat accumulation inhibitor comprising a culture and/or cells itself of Lactobacillus helveticus as an active ingredient.
8 . A visceral fat accumulation-inhibition food or drink comprising a culture and/or cells itself of Lactobacillus helveticus as an active ingredient.