Friday Favorites: Benefits of Cumin and Saffron for Weight Loss

The spice cumin can work as well as orlistat, the “anal leakage” drug for obesity.

The other video on black cumin that I mentioned is Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss ( ).

My other videos on saffron are:
• Wake Up and Smell the Saffron ( )
• Saffron vs. Prozac ( )
• Saffron for the Treatment of PMS ( )
• Saffron for Erectile Dysfunction ( )
• Saffron vs. Memantine (Namenda) for Alzheimer's ( )

I talk extensively about other weight-loss tips in my book How Not to Diet ( ).

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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