EurekAlert!: Harnessing the power of saffron color for food and future therapeutics
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. It’s composed of delicate threads poking out of the saffron crocus flower. Each flower produces only a few threads. To make a single pound of spice, you need 50,000 flowers—enough flowers to fill a football field—so one daily pinch of saffron could cost up to a dollar a day. Raising Our Spirits Saffron has been found to be effective for ...
Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, is easily grown in the home garden. YOU CAN grow it yourself! Crocus sativus is a member of the iris family.
Eight threads of saffron a day can improve visual acuity in older adults with mild or moderate age-related macular degeneration.
A head-to-head test of the spice saffron versus Prozac for the treatment of clinical depression.
What are the effects of both oral and topical application of the spice saffron for impotence in men? “Saffron has traditionally been considered an aphrodisiac.” The spice has been shown to improve Prozac-induced sexual dysfunction in women and men, significantly improving erectile function. If it works for drug-induced dysfunction, might it also work for just regular erectile dysfunction ...
Saffron is another spice found to be effective for treating a major cause of suffering (depression, in this case) with a side effect of decreased appetite. When put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, saffron, indeed, was found to lead to a significant weight loss (five pounds more than placebo, and an extra ...
The spice saffron appears to improve both the emotional and physical symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.