Health foods containing natto kinase and fermented milk products

Abstract

Food compositions whereby natto kinase, which is a component of natto, can be easily taken; and food compositions comprising a combination of a Japanese food material natto with a western food material fermented milk product, for each of which some people have a dislike, so as to achieve the hygienic advantages of both of these materials and expect specific hygienic effects. Namely, food compositions comprising a freeze-dried fermented milk product, natto kinase and carriers usable in foods; and functional foods containing these components which have effects of preventing thrombosis, improving blood fluidity, preventing platelet aggregation and ameliorating lipid metabolism. These food compositions enable not only to easily take the components of the fermented milk product and natto without showing the characteristic smell of natto but also to achieve hygienic effects including amelioration in intestinal disorders, immnopotentiation and antitumor activity caused by the fermented milk product as well as the prevention and treatment of thrombosis owing to the synergistic effect thereof with natto kinase.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a health food of natto which has entered Japanese eating habits very early. In more detail, relate to the food composition of nattokinase containing the milk fermentation product that the health-care effect is concerned about and the natto from natto entering Japanese eating habits very early, especially relate to have antithrombotic effect, improve blood fluidity effect , inhibiting platelet aggregation and improving lipid metabolism, and can be expected to be a functional food with excellent effects on the treatment and prevention of thrombosis. Background technique [0002] In recent years, due to the increasing interest in health, in addition to the primary function of nutrients for maintaining life and the secondary function of taste, various studies have been conducted on the function of regulating physical conditions as a third function, such as Biorhythm regulation, biodefense, disease prevention and recovery, ...

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[0011] However, they are inherently unsuitable food materials for Japanes

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