BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT LEVEL-LOWERING AGENT, HDL CHOLESTEROL LEVEL-INCREASING AGENT, AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS INDEX-LOWERING AGENT

摘要

Disclosed is a blood neutral fat level-lowering agent, a HDL cholesterol level-increasing agent, an arterial stiffness index-lowering agent or a neutral fat level-lowering agent for improving the quality of a meat or egg, which comprises a dried powder of a phototrophic bacterium having a disrupted cell wall as an active ingredient. The blood neutral fat level-lowering agent, the HDL cholesterol level-increasing agent, or the arterial stiffness index-lowering agent has an excellent prophylactic and ameliorating effect on arterial sclerosis and can be produced at low cost. The neutral fat level-lowering agent for improving the quality of a meat or egg can be administered to a farm animal or the like to produce a meat or egg having a low neutral fat content.