JP2000026304A - Improvement in capacity for locomotion with bifidus bacterium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain and improve the capacity for locomotion by improving the enteral environment of sports players. SOLUTION: A functional food which is a combination of a lactic acid bacterium with an oligosaccharide having certain kinds of functions and characterized by enteric activity is orally ingested. The product prepared from the combination of a sporogenous lactic acid bacterium with the oligosaccharide is made useful for the maintaining and improving the capacity for locomotion of sports payers. The sporogenous lactic acid bacterium is a facultative anaerobic bacterium having characteristics of excellence in thermostability, acid, sugar and salt tolerances, or the like, and ultrahigh storage life though lactic acid is merely produced due to its homofermentative type without becoming a main indigeneous bacterium as opposed to a bifidus bacterium and capable of sufficiently making the best of characteristics absent in the bifidus bacterium that is an obligate anaerobic bacterium, further adding characteristics of the oligosaccharide thereto and expecting effects on an improvement in enteral florae, promotion of mineral absorption and immunopotentiation and synthesis of vitamins.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to oligosaccharides which are present in the natural world such as onions, burdock, bananas, honey, bamboo shoots, soybeans, sweet potatoes, starch and milk which humans have been eating for a long time. It is not degraded by digestive enzymes, reaches the intestinal tract, and serves as a bait for the resident bacterium Bifidobacterium, which helps to promote and maintain our health. At present, research on oligosaccharides is progressing, and those with excellent stability under heating and acidic conditions and those with high storage stability and not absorbing moisture are being commercialized, and combinations of oligosaccharides with certain functions and lactic acid bacteria Is revolutionary. General lactic acid bacteria have low stability against heat, acid, oxygen, etc., and even if they can be used, very advanced technology is required. With this advanced technology, it has the greatest feature that it has a typical bifidobacterium or spore-forming ability among the intestinal lactic acid bacteria that can reach the intestinal tract, and can be stored semi-permanently when dried. Combining spore-forming lactic acid bacteria and oligosaccharides that do not die easily even when boiled,
It helps maintain the intestinal environment of athletes and helps maintain and improve athletic performance.

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[Background Art] Currently, bifidobacteria and oligosaccharides are used in various foods and drinking waters. cookie·
Wafers, chocolates, candy, chewing gum, yogurt, lactic acid beverages, ice creams, health foods, etc. are used and commercialized. But,
Bifidobacterium, a representative of useful intestinal bacteria, can easily die unless it is in an anaerobic condition, and it is very difficult to use it alive. Rate is not very good. Oligosaccharides are also used as sweeteners, but oligosaccharides that are also used as feed for Escherichia coli and Welsh bacteria are sold. In order for consumers to understand, it is necessary to sell high-quality products that take advantage of the properties of oligosaccharides. For the reasons mentioned above, Morishita Jintan and Yakult are available to the general public, but products made with a combination of oligosaccharides and lactic acid bacteria for athletes are not particularly sold.

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Bifidobacteria, which are representative of useful intestinal bacteria, are obligate anaerobic bacteria, are very weak against heat, acid, and oxygen, and require advanced technology for commercialization. It is necessary and has a low rate of reaching the intestinal tract. Spore-forming lactic acid bacteria, which are facultative anaerobic bacteria, do not become the main resident bacteria like Bifidobacteria. It just creates an environment that can promote the growth of resident bacteria. Sporulating lactic acid bacteria are not heterotypes like Bifidobacteria, but produce only lactic acid because they are homo-type, but have excellent heat resistance, acid resistance, sugar resistance, salt resistance, etc., and extremely high storage stability. there is. Bifidobacteria, an obligate anaerobic bacterium, make full use of the properties that do not exist, help to grow indigenous bifidobacteria in the intestinal tract, and improve the intestinal flora by adding the properties of oligosaccharides. It can be expected to promote mineral absorption and synthesis of vitamins. Combinations of bifidobacteria and oligosaccharides,
The effect is expected from the advanced processing technology of bifidobacteria, and commercialization is possible.However, the survival rate of bifidobacteria decreases with each passing day. We chose to commercialize the product by combining lactic acid bacteria and oligosaccharides. The challenge is to use this combination of spore-forming lactic acid bacteria and oligosaccharides to help maintain and improve the athletic performance of athletes.

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[Means for solving the problems] One of the characteristics of spore-forming lactic acid bacteria is that they have excellent heat resistance. General lactic acid bacteria are 7
It almost kills at 0 ° C, but sporulated lactic acid bacteria are 85 ° C
There is almost no decrease in the number of bacteria even after heat treatment for 0 minutes. Excellent acid resistance. It is stable even after 3 hours in PH2.0 artificial gastric juice. Therefore, most of the spore-forming lactic acid bacteria that enter the mouth do not die from stomach acid or bile and reach the intestinal tract. 20% of salt and 50% of sugar
Even at high concentrations of 1%, it exhibits extremely high storability. Oral ingestion of a product comprising a combination of spore-forming lactic acid bacteria having such properties and an oligosaccharide having a certain function improves the intestinal environment and increases the intestinal activity of the indigenous bifidobacteria. Become. Among the various activities of activated bifidobacteria, the most important factor for athletes is the synthesis of vitamins.
Vitamin production of bifidobacteria, vitamin _B 1 · _{B 2} ·
_{B 6} · B include ₁₂ · K · nicotinic acid, folic acid, biotin. For athletes, especially vitamins you need is such as vitamin _B 1 · _{B 2} · niacin · C · E. At the time of exercise, the anaerobic exercise is important niacin amount, consumption in the aerobic exercise B _{1 ·} B 2 · niacin-Panteton acid is an important key. In addition, lactic acid, a fatigue substance, is produced in muscles during exercise, transported to the liver and kidneys via blood, converted back into glucose by gluconeogenesis, and released as blood sugar. Niacin and biotin are involved in the production of glucose from lactic acid. When fatty acids are used as an energy source,
Some will be ketone bodies. Ketone bodies are also transported to the liver via blood vessels and used as an energy source. Some are resynthesized fatty, but ketone bodies are metabolism, requires Panteton acid niacin, B _1, B _2, biotin. In this way, the presence of niacin plays a very important role in the exercise. However, bifidobacteria cannot produce niacin. Instead, it produces nicotinic acid. Nicotinic acid is converted into nicotinamide when it enters the body, and is linked to tryptophan (an essential amino acid / aromatic amino acid) to produce niacin. In this way, bifidobacteria in the body synthesize vitamins that are important for exercise and have a great effect on exercise performance. In addition, there are reports that nicotinic acid intake improves exercise performance, and it has also been shown to lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides, block free fatty acid mobilization, and increase glucose metabolism. The indigenous bacterium, Bifidobacterium, produces nicotinic acid, which is converted into nicotinamide, which is linked to tryptophan to produce niacin. He discovered that the vitamins produced by the bacteria were almost identical, and were impressed by the magnitude of the presence of Bifidobacteria. Needless to say, the vitamins that are synthesized in your own body are the most easily absorbed vitamins. Enhancing your intestinal environment has a great effect on maintaining and improving athletic performance.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Lactic acid bacteria and oligosaccharides can maintain their materials as natural and natural as possible and maintain their freshness.・ Must be considered in the product form with few quality deterioration factors such as pressure and air oxidation. Other than this 1
Factors such as daily intake, absorption in the body, ease of eating, ease of handling, cost, and relevant laws and regulations must also be considered. Combining a combination of lactic acid bacteria and oligosaccharides with a per se known food or food ingredient, excipient, drug carrier and a per se known method,
It can be a food that improves the intestinal environment. The food or food component to be used is not particularly limited, and can be appropriately selected by those skilled in the art according to the specific use for improving the desired intestinal environment. Also, the form is not particularly limited, and various forms and shapes can be used according to specific applications.

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EXAMPLE A tableting product was produced using a combination of a spore-forming lactic acid bacterium and an oligosaccharide having a certain function. Ingredients are milk oligosaccharide, spore-forming lactic acid bacterium and starch.
00 mg, 6 tablets per day. Among the 6 grains, 2,300 mg of milk oligosaccharide and 150 million lactic acid bacteria were blended. A 20-year-old female professional tennis player takes six tablets each day during an overseas expedition, making it easier to maintain physical condition, improving athletic performance during a game, and achieving the expected results. It was reported that it was possible.

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[Effect of the Invention] When examining the situation in the human digestive tract,
Hundreds of bacteria live in the human intestine, and it is said that there are one hundred trillion. About 10% of the dry weight of stool is bacterial cells. Most of the intestinal bacteria in newborn infants are bifidobacteria, but the number of bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Welsh increases gradually. In older people, Escherichia coli and Welsh bacteria occupy most of the intestinal bacteria. Bifidobacteria (lactic acid bacteria) are present in the intestine as useful bacteria for humans, and in particular, bifidobacteria have a function of suppressing harmful bacteria in the large intestine. Typical physiological effects of Bifidobacteria include intestinal function, improvement of intestinal flora, suppression of intestinal putrefaction products, improvement of defecation properties, immunostimulatory effect, enhancement of bone strength, and synthesis of vitamins.
Oligosaccharides feed on intestinal lactic acid bacteria, and indigenous bifidobacteria possessed by each individual in the intestine are suppressed by other bacteria to specifically proliferate, thereby improving intestinal flora and promoting mineral absorption. Has features. It prepares the intestinal environment of athletes, creates the necessary conditions during exercise, and maintains and improves athletic ability.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The present invention relates to a combination of a lactic acid bacterium and an oligosaccharide having a certain function, and to improve athletic performance by ingesting a functional food characterized by intestinal activity.