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DESCRIPTION: Even the scent of the spice saffron may reduce stress hormone levels and ease the psychological symptoms of PMS. How's that study for the Power of Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/power-plants/)? Works if you eat the stuff too—see yesterday's NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day, Saffron for the Treatment of PMS (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-for-the-treatment-of-pms/). For more flower power see my blog (http://nutritionfacts.org/2012/01/08/hibiscus-tea-flower-power/) and videos on hibiscus tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/better-than-green-tea/) and chamomile tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/red-tea-honeybush-chamomile-2/ and http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chamomile-tea-may-not-be-safe-during-pregnancy/). And hey, broccoli florets are just clusters of flower buds--see (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-detox/), (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/broccoli-versus-breast-cancer-stem-cells/), and 26 other broccoli videos (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/broccoli/). Don't like broccoli? There are a thousand other subjects covered (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/)! If saffron has such powerful psychological and neuroendicrinological effects, how might it stack against drugs in the treatment of depression? Find out in tomorrow's Saffron vs. Prozac (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-vs-prozac/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/wake-up-and-smell-the-saffron/ and he'll try to answer it!

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