The present invention provides a sugar consumption promoting agent and/or glycometabolism promoting agent including a vanadium-containing compound, and sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate as effective components. The present invention also provides a sugar consumption promoting agent and/or glycometabolism promoting agent including sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate as an effective component.本發明提供一種含有含釩化合物、及碳酸鈉或碳酸氫鈉作為有效成分之糖消耗促進劑及/或糖代謝促進劑。又,本發明提供一種含有碳酸鈉或碳酸氫鈉作為有效成分之糖消耗促進劑及/或糖代謝促進劑。