In my video, benefits of black human for weight loss, a total of 17 randomized controlled

trials showed that the simple spice could reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, and the side effects?

A weight loss effect.

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.

When put to the test in a randomized double-blank placebo-controlled trial,

Saffron, indeed, was found to lead to a significant weight loss, five pounds more than

placebo, and an extra inch off the waist, in eight weeks.

The dose of saffron used in the study was the equivalent of drinking a cup of tea made

from a large pinch of saffron threads.

Suspecting the active ingredient might be crocin, the pigment in saffron, that accounts

for its crimson color, researchers also tried giving people just the purified pigment.

That led to weight loss too, but it didn't do as well as the full saffron extract,

being the placebo by only two pounds and half an inch.

The mechanism appeared to be appetite suppression, as the Crocin group ended up averaging

about 80 fewer calories a day, whereas the full saffron group consumed 170 calories less

a day on average.

A similar study looks specifically at snacking frequency.

The research should stop perhaps the mood-boosting effects of saffron might cut down

on stress-related eating.

Indeed, eight weeks of a saffron extract did cut snack intake in half compared to placebo,

accompanied by a slight but statistically significant weight loss, about 2 pounds.

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