Saffron is a luxury food that has outstanding antioxidant, anticoagulant and anti-cancer properties. It is a plant which belongs among the most expensive spices in the world and has a long history in cooking. It has traditionally been used to relieve stomach aches, digestive problems and even depression, with some recent research showing that it is indeed helpful in relieving depression. Scientists have highlighted the medicinal properties of saffron, emphasizing its antioxidant and anti-cancer properties, its effect on leukemia cells, its anti-aging action, its positive effect on neuroprotection and in the fight against stress, its contribution to strengthening of learning and memory. In addition, this luxury food is speculated that other, hitherto unexplored substances of saffron, have important properties for the human body and are expected to be proven in the future, through new research.
Its main active ingredients are crocin, crocetin, picrocrocin and saffranal, whose beneficial antioxidant effects have been certified by scientific studies. Saffron has numerous advantages to the human body and should be part of a healthy diet. First of all, this luxury food has many antidepressant properties that help maintain a stable mental condition. It protects the heart from cardiovascular disease and it enhances mental function and spiritual clarity. Finally, it helps lower the levels of cholesterol. Saffron is available in very small doses in the form of spice (grams) but also in a distillate (extract) which is easier to use and cheaper.
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