{"id":305026,"date":"2010-02-10T22:01:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T03:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/liberty\/study-saffron-could-help-prevent-blindness-in-the-elderly\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T03:01:10","slug":"study-saffron-could-help-prevent-blindness-in-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/305026","title":{"rendered":"Study: Saffron Could Help Prevent Blindness In The Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.directnews.co.uk\/liveimages\/Saffron+rice+meal_1961_19603948_0_0_7036244_300.jpg\" alt=\"Study: Saffron could help prevent blindness in the elderly\" align=\"right\" class=\"post_image\">A recent study conducted by Italian and Australian researchers has found that saffron, the Indian spice that gives curry its color, is capable of reversing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in the elderly. <\/p>\n<p>In the trial, conducted at Italy&#8217;s Policlinico Gemelli, researchers gave one group of study participants a saffron pill for three months, followed by a placebo for another three months. A second group was given the supplements in reverse order, according to the <em>Telegraph<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that all respondents who took the pill showed significant improvements in their eyesight. However, the visual benefits disappeared after each volunteer stopped taking the supplement. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The outcome of this experiment was remarkable&#8212;significant improvement in vision after several weeks of taking saffron in pill form, which reversed when the patients were taken off it,&quot; said professor Jonathon Stone of the Vision Center at the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is very encouraging for a non-invasive way to treat certain important eye diseases,&quot; he added. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, earlier studies using animals have indicated that a diet high in saffron can also help protect the eyes from the damaging effects of bright light. <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-1961-ID-19603948-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1961&amp;itemid=19603948\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study conducted by Italian and Australian researchers has found that saffron, the Indian spice that gives curry its color, is capable of reversing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in the elderly. In the trial, conducted at Italy&#8217;s Policlinico Gemelli, researchers gave one group of study participants a saffron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}