The Gut-Brain Connection
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...
Morning and evening: why the routine is the par...
The most common reason a supplement stops working is that it stops being taken. Anchor it to breakfast and the hour before bed, keep it identical every day, and give...
Morning and evening: why the routine is the par...
The most common reason a supplement stops working is that it stops being taken. Anchor it to breakfast and the hour before bed, keep it identical every day, and give...
Australian made: what the claim means, and how ...
Grown in, Product of, Made in and Packed in Australia are four different claims with four different tests. On a priority food the kangaroo tells you it was grown, produced...
Australian made: what the claim means, and how ...
Grown in, Product of, Made in and Packed in Australia are four different claims with four different tests. On a priority food the kangaroo tells you it was grown, produced...
What a probiotic actually does in the gut
Gut bacteria finish digesting food, occupy space, work alongside the immune system and manufacture vitamins and neurotransmitters. What these organisms do, and the two things worth finding on a label.
What a probiotic actually does in the gut
Gut bacteria finish digesting food, occupy space, work alongside the immune system and manufacture vitamins and neurotransmitters. What these organisms do, and the two things worth finding on a label.
Gummies, powders, pills or sachets: what childr...
The best children's supplement is the one your child will take every day for a year, and the deciding factor is almost never the formula. An honest comparison of the...
Gummies, powders, pills or sachets: what childr...
The best children's supplement is the one your child will take every day for a year, and the deciding factor is almost never the formula. An honest comparison of the...
Vitamin C: how much a child needs, and where it...
An Australian child needs 35 to 45 mg of vitamin C a day depending on age. Australian food law has already approved what may be said about it: immune function,...
Vitamin C: how much a child needs, and where it...
An Australian child needs 35 to 45 mg of vitamin C a day depending on age. Australian food law has already approved what may be said about it: immune function,...