PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To early recover the damage of muscle according to an excessive training or the like of a game athlete or the damage of minute muscle caused in a life and a light motion of a general sports lover or healthy adult.SOLUTION: The inventors or the like of the present application have found that the early recovery of the muscle damage can be induced by administering a composition including zinc of an enough amount continuously to a person who is easily caused by the muscle damage, and the muscle damage early recovery medicine for oral ingestion could have been provided.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】本願発明は、競技アスリートの過度なトレーニングなどに伴う筋肉の損傷や、一般のスポーツ愛好者や健常成人の日常的な生活や軽い運動で生じる微細な筋肉の損傷を早期に回復させることを課題とする。【解決手段】本願発明者等は、筋損傷しやすい者へ、十分量の亜鉛を含む組成物を継続的に投与することで、筋損傷の早期回復を誘導できることを見出し、経口摂取用の筋損傷早期回復剤を提供できた。【選択図】なし