7 Reasons Women Over 40 Are Taking the “Spice of Royalty” for Perimenopause Mood Swings
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The ‘Miracle Spice’ Royalty Kept for Themselves
Saffron comes from a small purple flower that blooms for just a few weeks each fall. Each flower has only three tiny red threads, and every one is picked by hand. It takes around 70,000 flowers to make a single pound.
That’s why, for centuries, saffron was worth more than gold, and only royalty and the very rich could get their hands on it. But they weren’t just cooking with it. Over 1,000 years ago, Persian doctors were already giving it to people who felt low, on edge and not like themselves.
Sound familiar? It’s the same feeling so many women describe in perimenopause. Today, scientists are finally putting this ancient remedy to the test, and you don’t need a royal budget to get it. Tria packs the studied dose of saffron into one small softgel you simply take with breakfast. No cooking, no measuring, no guesswork.†
You snap at your partner over nothing. One small thing ruins your whole day. You tear up at a commercial, then feel flat an hour later, and you can’t remember the last time you felt truly calm.
Here’s what’s really going on. In perimenopause, your estrogen doesn’t slowly fade. It rises and crashes, sometimes for years. Estrogen helps your brain use serotonin and dopamine, the chemicals that keep your mood steady. So when your estrogen swings, your mood swings right along with it.
That’s why your doctor can say everything looks normal while you feel anything but. It’s not in your head and it’s not a character flaw. Your brain just needs a little extra support right now, and that’s exactly where saffron comes in.†
In a 2021 study, women aged 40 to 60 going through perimenopause took either a saffron extract called affron® or a placebo every day for 12 weeks.
By the end, the women taking saffron had seen their anxiety scores drop by 33% and their low-mood scores drop by 32% from where they started, and they improved more than the placebo group on overall mood symptoms.†
It didn’t help hot flashes, and we won’t pretend it does. What it helped with is the part nobody talks about: how you feel day to day. And that’s the same extract, at the same dose, that’s inside every Tria softgel.
12-week study · women 40 to 60 in perimenopause · 28 mg affron® a day
Anxiety score
−33%
Low-mood score
−32%
Hot flashes
No change
Change from the start of the study in the saffron group, which also improved more than placebo on overall mood symptoms. Lopresti & Smith, Journal of Menopausal Medicine, 2021.
So how can a spice help your mood? It comes down to what gives saffron its deep red color and sweet smell: two natural compounds called crocin and safranal.
Researchers believe these compounds help your brain make better use of its own feel-good chemicals, serotonin and dopamine. Those are the very same chemicals your swinging hormones have been throwing off.†
In other words, saffron helps support the exact thing perimenopause takes away. It won’t make you feel buzzed or sleepy. In the studies, the changes built gently over a few weeks, not overnight.†
When mood swings run your days, broken sleep usually runs your nights. You wake up at 3 am, your mind starts racing, and that’s it. Then you’re running on empty the next day, which makes your mood even worse.
Saffron may help break that cycle. In two studies, adults with poor sleep who took affron® for 28 days rated their sleep better than those on a placebo. In one, their melatonin (your body’s natural sleep signal) went up, and they woke up in a better mood.†
Better nights make for calmer days, and calmer days make for better nights. Supporting one helps the other.†
Because saffron is so expensive, it’s been faked for as long as it’s been sold. In the 1300s, people caught selling fake saffron were put to death. Today it’s still common to find it cut with cheap fillers or sold at doses too low to do anything.
And the dose really matters. In one study, 28 mg a day helped improve mood in just 4 weeks, while 22 mg did nothing.† So if you’ve tried saffron before and felt nothing, this could be why.
Every Tria softgel has the full 28 mg of affron®, the same tested extract used in the studies. Then we pair it with three time-tested helpers: black seed oil to support a calm, balanced body, ginger to support easy digestion, and turmeric, a powerful antioxidant that supports a healthy inflammation response. Together, they help the rest of you feel as steady as your mood.†
Tria Saffron
Generic saffron
Extractaffron®, standardized and testedStrength often unknown
Dose28 mg, the studied doseOften underdosed
LabelEvery ingredient and amount listedHidden in a “proprietary blend”
Here’s the best part. What was once saved for royalty now fits into your morning routine: one small softgel with breakfast. No powders, no drops, no prescription.
Right now you can get 3 pouches for $59.99. That’s $20 a pouch, or about 67 cents a day.
You also get 30 days to see how you feel. If you don’t notice a difference, just email us for a full refund of the product price, even if the pouch is open.
You’ve spent long enough feeling like a stranger in your own life. It’s time to feel like yourself again, with the spice royalty kept for themselves.
Tria Saffron
Generic saffron
