PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a basal metabolism increasing agent useful for increasing basal metabolism, preventing or quickly recovering fatigue, increasing actional volition, suppressing obesity and preventing life-style-related diseases relating to obesity and provide a composition effectively utilizing the basal metabolism increasing agent in an industrial field.SOLUTION: The invention provides a basal metabolism increasing agent containing thioctic acids or thioctic acids and creatine, etc., as active components. The thioctic acids are preferably one or more substances selected from thioctic acid, its reduced products and optical isomers, their salts, esters and amides, and their cyclodextrin-clathrated products, a lipid-coated product of the substances and a double-coated product obtained by coating the lipid-coated product with a hydrophilic substance. The invention further provides foods and drinks containing the composition.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】基礎代謝を増強し、疲労を予防又は早期回復させ、活動意欲を高め、肥満を抑制し、肥満と関連する生活習慣病を予防する上で有用な基礎代謝増強剤、及び該基礎代謝増強剤を産業上有効活用できる態様の組成物を提供する。【解決手段】チオクト酸類又はチオクト酸類とクレアチン等とを有効成分として含有してなる基礎代謝増強剤が提供され、ここでチオクト酸類はチオクト酸、その還元体、光学異性体、これらの塩、エステル並びにアミド、及びこれらのシクロデキストリン包接物からなる群から選択される少なくとも1種、前記物質の脂質被覆物、該脂質被覆物を更に親水性物質で被覆した二重被覆物が望ましい。又、これらの組成物を含有してなる飲食品が提供される。【選択図】なし。
