Saffron Protects Against Macular Degeneration

[kind2creatures]

For the first time every we bought some Saffron and have been using it a bit in rice dishes, etc. It's now know to help protect against the progression of Macular Degeneration in the elderly, also helps with Alzheimer's Disease.
https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/saffron-protects-against-macular-degeneration-1

The researchers noted that saffron from the crocus flower contains chemical compounds called crocin and crocetin.

These are antioxidant derivatives of carotenoids. Crocin protects photoreceptors from light-induced death. Crocetin increases the availability of oxygen to the cells.

 

[Solstice Goat]

Kinda spendy, isn't it?

https://www.bulkfoods.com/saffron-threads/5042-spanish-saffron.html

 

[kind2creatures]

Definitely, we bought a tiny jar at Costco for cooking, don't think I could afford to use it as a supplement, and not very often for cooking either, but wanted to try it. Tasted good in a rice dish.

 

[jfh]

But you just can't make a good paella without saffron. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/the-ultimate-paella-recipe.html

Though it does tend to stain. Buddhist monks use it to dye their robes, I believe.

 

[maitaman]

NATURAL red wine, 1 oz, once a week is a cheap and effective preventative of macular degeneration. It was very effective for my mother from about 1991 into the 2000's. At 102 years she could see, only in a blur, but that was a detached retinal problem.
Be sure it is natural wine, not the synthesized stuff that is on the market today.