BODY FAT-CONTROLLING AGENT

摘要

It is intended to provide a body fat-controlling agent obtained from hop, i.e., a body fat-controlling agent originating in a natural material which has effects of reducing body fat and inhibiting body fat accumulation without lowering the skeletal muscle amount or the inner organ weight. More specifically speaking, it is intended to obtain polyphenol from hop and utilize the same in a body fat-controlling agent, a muscular tension-elevating agent or a drink, a food and a drug for reducing body fat, inhibiting body fat accumulation and elevating muscular tension. Namely, a body fat-controlling agent containing, as the active ingredient, polyphenol which is efficacious in reducing body fat and/or inhibiting body fat accumulation and a drink, a food and a drug containing the same.