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A doctoral thesis carried out at the University of Murcia by María José Bagur Fuster states that the saffron spice, taken in infusion, contributes to improve the quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis;
a chronic and degenerative disease that has a very important inflammatory component.
For the investigation, a sample of patients from the multiple sclerosis associations of Albacete and Almeria was selected that met the following inclusion criteria: being over 18 years old, having been diagnosed with the disease less than 10 years ago, not being hospitalized and being able to walk without assistance.
Once the patients were recruited, they were informed about how to prepare the saffron infusion and how to make their intake.
The data of each one of them was collected through questionnaires, personal interviews and anthropometric measurements of the patients.
The results obtained with this thesis have shown that the quality of life related to the health of multiple sclerosis patients improves significantly after the intervention.
It has been proven that, thanks to the taking of saffron infusions, the concentration, attention and memory difficulties decrease;
emotional problems, such as depression or anxiety;
and the perception regarding their limitations to carry out activities in their daily life.
In addition, there is an improvement in patients' self-perception regarding their state of health and that they increase their social relationships.
Regarding their sexuality, significantly increases the satisfaction of the patients studied.
There are numerous scientific studies that, in the last ten years, highlight the biomedical and pharmacological properties of saffron in the prevention and development of various chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
The presence of autoimmunity traits and defects in the production of antioxidant enzymes are risk factors for the disease.
In multiple sclerosis, reactive oxygen species play a very important role in the initial and chronic phase of the disease and the restoration of the redox balance in brain tissues may be a good therapeutic strategy to limit neuroinflammation and tissue oxidative damage.
In fact, most of the preventive or curative properties in chronic and degenerative diseases attributed to saffron are based on its great antioxidant capacity.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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