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 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.
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 What’s the latest on treating memory disorders with the spice saffron As i discuss in my video saffron versus memantine (namenda) for alzheimer’s, “saffron has been widely used in the persian traditional medicine for memory problems,” but it wasn’t put to the test until a study showed. Even the scent of the spice saffron may reduce stress hormone levels, and ease the psychological symptoms of pms. The spice saffron may not only work as well as ssri antidepressant drugs like prozac, paxil, and zoloft without the side effects, but it may even be able to treat the adverse sexual side effects that occur in up to 70 percent of people taking the drugs. Remember saffron from my videos saffron for the treatment of alzheimer’s and saffron versus aricept?
Full saffron extract leads to greater weight loss and appetite suppression than its isolated pigment crocin, likely due to synergistic effects of multiple components.
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