Blood is a bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood is circulated around the body through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart. In animals with lungs, arterial blood carries oxygen from inhaled air to the tissues of the body, and venous blood carries carbon dioxide, a waste product of metabolism produced by cells, from the tissues to the lungs to be exhaled.

Blood performs many important functions within the body including:

• Supply of oxygen to tissues (bound to hemoglobin, which is carried in red cells)

• Supply of nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids (dissolved in the blood or bound to plasma proteins (e.g., blood lipids))

• Removal of waste such as carbon dioxide, urea, and lactic acid

• Immunological functions, including circulation of white blood cells, and detection of foreign material by antibodies

• Coagulation, the response to a broken blood vessel, the conversion of blood from a liquid to a semi-solid gel to stop bleeding.

• Messenger functions, including the transport of hormones and the signaling of tissue damage

• Regulation of body pH

• Regulation of core body temperature

Atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis – hardening of the arteries) reduces the flow of blood through arteries, because atheroma lines arteries and narrows them. Atheroma, degeneration of the walls of the arteries caused by accumulated fatty deposits and scar tissue, and leading to restriction of the circulation and a risk of thrombosis, tends to increase with age, and its progression can be compounded by many causes including smoking, high blood pressure, excess circulating lipids (hyperlipidemia), and diabetes mellitus.

BotaMedi marine bio-phenol (as seapolynol) was officially recognized as new functional dietary ingredient lowering the cholesterol content in blood effectively by Korea FDA, 2013. This certification was based on the human clinical results accomplished by the authorized hospital for about 3 years. Also, it was reported that this material be involved in the fast recovery of endothelial cells in artery.