Comment · Fri, May 22, 2020
Standardized, consistently dosed. pure Saffron (not extract, but pure crocus) capsules?
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srubek · 4 points
Hi, ND and u/misteryouaresodumb — I hate to bother, but plz do answer if possible: given your dedication to the noot scene and your determination for purity and always rising standards when you find something that works, have you considered the utility and economic feasibility, re: an idea as simple as a standardized saffron capsule (especially if whole crocus, meaning not an extract, given all saffron extracts I have tried suuuuuck, compared to regular saffron) ?
I would rather buy it from you (at ND), than Mehr saffron, after all. Plus I would stop forgetting or failing to notice when I run out. I have so many fancy empty saffron containers, all empty, in my spice drawer. It should move its way to my noot cabinet!!!
I think it’s worth it,
Given
It isn’t too easy for any given person to weight out a consistent saffron pill, at (anywhere from) 40 to 80 mg (very hard to measure accurately, when measuring out pill to pill; esp with the mess that would be made from breaking dried crocus, leading to potential wasted product if encapsulating as the typical consumer), no greater than 80mg, which I find optimal, and enough to always make me satiated, centered, harnessing my focus.…
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srubek · 3 points
It is a matter of their raw product.
It’s not crocus
From what I’ve noticed..for “cost/fiscal” reasons..these extracts claim to be 20:1, but they happen to be from parts of the plant with minimal beneficial constituent (Crocin, I believe is one). So the actual crocus needles themselves end up carrying a larger volume by weight. The people who make the extracts sure aren’t making extracts out of top quality crocus, or else this country would have discovered a potent miracle within the wellness realm.
I actually have negative (often diarrheal/“detox”) effects from these cheap plant stems, etc, of which these extracts bear 20x the potency. Because the potency in cheap parts (which aren’t the amazing natural organic crocus), is under 1/20 the potency (let alone, also entirely different ratios of constituents; e.g. root stem and leaf of panax ginseng, resulting in entirely different properties), and I receive no good effect from them, and all.
Seriously; it’s no placebo (or nocebo, depending on perspective) effect, because I’ve even caught friends using my saffron when making food at my place, •noticing the profound effects• being how I figure out they used it.
Low and behold, it is in a different (top) spot in my spice drawer. Albeit, not much has been utilized.
It’s so potent in its natural form. I have so much history with this. I gave up on extracts long befo…
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I have been trialing Life Extension's saffron extract for about a month. It's been pretty lackluster for me. Perhaps that's just their extract, though. I just bought some of the Mehr saffron you mentioned. I am going to try powdered whole crocus. Perhaps I have been missing out, too!