SAFFRON HELPS FIGHT BLINDNESS

Saffron may help prevent loss of sight in old age and even improve vision in people suffering certain blinding eye diseases.

Research has established that saffron has remarkable effects on the genes which regulate the performance of the eye's key vision cells. It may also act to slow and possibly even reverse age-related muscular degeneration. "It appears to affect genes which regulate the fatty acid content of the cell membrane, and this makes the vision cells tougher and more resilient. Secondly they have shown in animal models that a saffron diet will protect the eye from the damaging effects of bright light -- something we all suffer whenever we go out in the sun," said an expert.