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Saffron

What Huberman said

Huberman says there are 12 studies, several of them double-blind, showing that orally ingested saffron at 30 mg is a reliable dose for reducing anxiety on standard inventories.

Doses, as he worded them

  • “orally ingested saffron at 30 milligrams, seems to be a reliable dose”[1]

    for anxiety, per the studies he cited

Quoted, not prescribed. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist first if you take medication, are pregnant or have a health condition.

Where he said it

  1. 1
    “There are 12 studies, believe it or not, that orally ingested saffron at 30 milligrams, seems to be a reliable dose”

    Essentials: Erasing Fears & Traumas Using Modern Neuroscience

    Episode · 00:31:10 · 2025

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