AGENT COMPRISING LACTOBACILLUS FOR ACCELERATING THE INCREASE IN AND/OR PREVENTING THE DECREASE IN BLOOD ADIPONECTIN LEVEL, AND VISCERAL FAT ACCUMULATION INHIBITOR
Provided is the use of cells or a culture of cells of Lactobacillus gasseri for the manufacture of a medicament for increasing blood adiponectin concentration or inhibiting a decrease in blood adiponectin concentration in a patient having a disease associated with abnormal blood adiponectin concentration. The disease may be the metabolic syndrome.