Serve up the paella and pilau rice more often, because scientists in the University of L’Aquilla, in Italy have discovered the saffron used in them helps slow down macular degeneration – a condition which affects the sight of about half the population aged 50+.
Saffron is a spice obtained from the stigmas of crocus flowers. Each flower only contains three stigmas, so it is a very expensive spice.
You should also eat plenty of dark green cabbage, which research has already shown can even reverse some of the damage this disease causes.
Fortunately, cabbage is a great deal cheaper than saffron, which not only has a gold color – but, ounce for ounce, costs about the same as gold!
But then, your eyes are beyond price.
