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Wellness Wednesday for February 1, 2023

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

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Anyone else fascinated by saffron and ginger for purposes of health?

Ginger has wild effects on serotonin. Scientists gave alcoholic mice a ginger extract and it ameliorated the reduction of brain serotonin induced by alcohol. Saffron on the other hand is nature’s Ritalin, has been domesticated for 4000+ years, and at 30mg is as successful as the leading ADHD medication in children while being neuroprotective!

A lot of stuff helps with alcohol, and saffron does not have enough high-quality evidence. There was no control group in the trial.

The effects of ADHD medication are very noticeable, so I wonder what people who have actually tried saffron instead of ritalin say.