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Saffron | Shining Light on the Benefits of the World’s Most Expensive Spice

In Search of Insight

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Saffron and Its Traditional Uses

Saffron is one of the oldest medicinally used spices around. References to saffron date back about 50,000 years. About 3500 years ago is apparently when some of the first saffron farms started. Without human intervention there probably wouldn't be a whole lot of saffron because saffron's flowers are sterile.

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