There is no doubt the disruption caused to our lives over the past 6 months has for many had a major effect on our mental health. Unfortunately  I fear we are going to be experiencing major disruption in our lives for some time to come, which is why I have been so keen to research further into the possible benefits of saffron when it comes to treating mild depression and anxiety.

Further to my article last week I was interested to find additional research on the potential treatment of adolescent depression and anxiety with saffron. 

As I wrote recently, it’s interesting to see how we are turning our attention to old remedies or eating habits to find the answer to better health.  Traditional diets included what is known as ‘nose to tail’ eating. This meant cultures ate parts of the animal such as tendons, skin, bones and other gelatinous cuts of meat which just happened to contain high amounts of gelatin. Now of course many of us eat very little meat – some no meat at all, which means we are missing out on gelatin and this may well be a problem, as gelatin has been found to very beneficial for our health.