Saffron Extract

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Saffron is a plant. The dried stigmas (thread-like parts of the flower) are used to make saffron spice. It can take 75,000 saffron blossoms to produce a single pound of saffron spice. Saffron is largely cultivated and harvested by hand. Due to the amount of labor involved in harvesting, saffron is considered one of the world's most expensive spices. The stigmas are also used to make medicine. One of the ways to fight obesity is through the development of appetite suppressants. Appetite suppressants such as the saffron extract Satiereal is claimed to put a stop to what is called "emotional eating." Emotional eating is where under times of stress or low energy, individuals tend to snack on comfort foods, which in turn possibly increases the hormone serotonin that fires up the pleasure center in the brain. The saffron extract Satierial is believed to suppress appetite by turning up serotonin levels and thereby making individuals less likely to feel the need to snack in order to feel better.

Saffron Extract Clinical Study Results

At the end of the study period, 60 participants-31 receiving the extract, 29 receiving the placebo-successfully completed all tasks and their data were statistically analyzed. One participant from the placebo group exited the study prematurely and her data was not used in the analysis.

What the researchers found was that in a group by group comparison within the first two weeks of the study, the Satiereal group began to show statistically significant weight loss as a group in comparison to the placebo group. Furthermore, the weight loss trend for the Satiereal group continued throughout the remainder of the 8-week period. No adverse effects except for a few complaints of minor digestive disorders were reported.

The baseline snacking behavior of all the participants at the beginning of the study was approximately one snack per day. At the end of the 8-week study, the Satiereal group demonstrated statistically significant reduction in snacking beginning with week 4 of the study that continued throughout the study, whereas the placebo group showed only a one-time statistically significant reduction in snacking at week 6. By the end of the 8th week, the Satiereal group participants were snacking about half as much as they had at the beginning of the study.

However, even though the Satiereal group showed statistically significant weight loss in comparison to the placebo group, the actual pounds lost comes to approximately 2 pounds per participant for the Satiereal group. The study's findings are therefore significantly different to televised claims that taking Satiereal can cause weight loss of 1 pound per day. If this is the same study that televised claims are referring to, then the claims are misleading. Furthermore, the authors point out that their data cannot be predictive of what might occur if the test subjects were obese rather than mildly overweight-a point that sellers of Satiereal fail to address.

The authors of the paper state that the most significant result of their study is that the Satiereal extract does in some way cause a significant reduction in snacking behavior by inducing feelings of satiation, which they believe can contribute to eventual weight loss as a supplement to a weight loss program and/or diet. They also believe that their data shows that the group consuming the Satiereal extract had a markedly enhanced mood over the placebo group. The authors of the paper report that the actual mechanism by which Satiereal acts is currently speculative and in need of further study.

In summary, the available scientific evidence appears to show that while the saffron extract appetite suppressant Satiereal does have some benefits that could lead to weight loss, they are not as pronounced as some would have you believe that Satiereal is a miracle appetite suppressant for weight loss. Repeated (cut and pasted) online reports of a 2006 clinical study claiming that a very similar study to the one described resulted in an average weight loss of approximately 3 pounds in 4 weeks has not been identified as of yet. It is possible that a trial did occur and that the results are unpublished in a scientific journal, but it would be nice to know where these claims of support are coming from. The authors of the described study make no mention of this mysterious 2006 study or include it in their reference list.

Saffron Extract Combats Emotional Eating

Emotional eating is a huge factor in weight gain for many people, triggered by chemicals in the brain. Compulsive eating occurs in 30 percent of obese women, though its prevalence in the general population reportedly exceeds even this number.  You crave carbohydrates. Why is that? When you take carbohydrates and put them up in the mouth you are actually turning on chemicals in the brain... They turn on this pleasure sensation, this craving you have, and they give you the satisfaction from doing this and relief.

A saffron extract supplement will go into your intestinal system, go into your brain and stimulate the same feeling an emotional eater would get from eating, say, carbohydrates. It gives you that feeling of relief without that short-term hit from the carbohydrates. So, when you see food, you don't have to put it in; you don't feel addicted to put it in there. You have the ability to say 'no.'

Research  "concluded the following potential health benefits after continued use shows:

• Decrease in inches and weight loss
• Decrease in frequency of feeling hungry
• Decrease in fat-forming sugar cravings and snacking
• Promotes a healthy lifestyle and mood to avoid overeating
• Simply put, Satiereal Saffron can increase satisfaction in one's appetite quicker mean while decreasing stress hormones and improving emotional health for more long term results and stability."
• "The scientific results of the Saffron Extract clinical study were profound as Satiereal  Saffron  provided unique advantages over most other tried and tested weight loss ingredients.  The study review showed:
• Saffron decreases snacking average:  55% compared to 28% placebo
• Satiereal decreases appetite of feelings of hunger between meals:  84% compared to 52% placebo
• Satiereal  Saffron decreases desire for sugary snacks:  78% compared to 46% placebo"