Saffron
What fermenting saffron actually does
Fermentation is one of the oldest techniques in food and one of the least understood. What it means when a botanical is fermented, what is known about saffron's compounds, and...
What fermenting saffron actually does
Fermentation is one of the oldest techniques in food and one of the least understood. What it means when a botanical is fermented, what is known about saffron's compounds, and...
What a saffron extract is tested for before it ...
Four heavy metals, four aflatoxins, plant alkaloids, pesticide residues and seven microbiological limits. What is on an ingredient specification sheet, which tests run on every batch, and the difference between...
What a saffron extract is tested for before it ...
Four heavy metals, four aflatoxins, plant alkaloids, pesticide residues and seven microbiological limits. What is on an ingredient specification sheet, which tests run on every batch, and the difference between...
The most studied saffron extract: what that act...
Most saffron reviews pool a dozen different preparations made in different ways. Eleven randomised, placebo-controlled trials have tested one standardised extract, in more than 1,000 people aged 12 to 77,...
The most studied saffron extract: what that act...
Most saffron reviews pool a dozen different preparations made in different ways. Eleven randomised, placebo-controlled trials have tested one standardised extract, in more than 1,000 people aged 12 to 77,...
Three thousand years of saffron, and where it g...
Saffron appears in both of the great classical catalogues of medicinal plants and in the everyday cooking of five cuisines. A short history, where it is grown today, and why...
Three thousand years of saffron, and where it g...
Saffron appears in both of the great classical catalogues of medicinal plants and in the everyday cooking of five cuisines. A short history, where it is grown today, and why...
Why saffron is red, and why it costs what it costs
Crocins make it red, safranal makes it smell like saffron, picrocrocin makes it bitter and proves it is genuine. Plus the arithmetic behind the price: up to 170,000 hand-picked flowers...
Why saffron is red, and why it costs what it costs
Crocins make it red, safranal makes it smell like saffron, picrocrocin makes it bitter and proves it is genuine. Plus the arithmetic behind the price: up to 170,000 hand-picked flowers...
How much saffron the research actually used
Twenty-eight milligrams a day of a standardised extract, split 14 in the morning and 14 in the evening, with or without food. In the one trial that also tested 22...
How much saffron the research actually used
Twenty-eight milligrams a day of a standardised extract, split 14 in the morning and 14 in the evening, with or without food. In the one trial that also tested 22...
What a standardised extract actually means
Standardised means a named compound at a stated percentage, assayed on every batch rather than assumed. What the percentage on a saffron label refers to, and the published analysis of...
What a standardised extract actually means
Standardised means a named compound at a stated percentage, assayed on every batch rather than assumed. What the percentage on a saffron label refers to, and the published analysis of...
How to tell a real saffron extract from a fake one
Saffron is expensive enough to be worth faking, and once it is a powder you cannot see the difference. One compound, picrocrocin, settles it, and a published analysis used it...
How to tell a real saffron extract from a fake one
Saffron is expensive enough to be worth faking, and once it is a powder you cannot see the difference. One compound, picrocrocin, settles it, and a published analysis used it...
Saffron and children: what the research covers,...
Saffron has been eaten for three thousand years and studied in more than twenty randomised trials. One standardised extract carries eleven placebo-controlled trials, including the only one in teenagers. The...
Saffron and children: what the research covers,...
Saffron has been eaten for three thousand years and studied in more than twenty randomised trials. One standardised extract carries eleven placebo-controlled trials, including the only one in teenagers. The...
Saffron in perimenopause and after: the 12-week...
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in women in perimenopause and in women aged 50 to 70.
Saffron in perimenopause and after: the 12-week...
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in women in perimenopause and in women aged 50 to 70.
Saffron and sleep: the two 28-day trials
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in adults with poor sleep, and what they did and did not measure.
Saffron and sleep: the two 28-day trials
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in adults with poor sleep, and what they did and did not measure.
Saffron and mood: what the trials in teens and ...
Nine placebo-controlled trials of one standardised saffron extract, read honestly: who was studied, at what amount, for how long, and what changed.
Saffron and mood: what the trials in teens and ...
Nine placebo-controlled trials of one standardised saffron extract, read honestly: who was studied, at what amount, for how long, and what changed.