This is a pilot interventional study whose aim is to determine the effect of a dietary supplementation with a Crocus Sativus extract, Saffron, on macular cone-mediated function in patients with early age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Pre-clinical evidence ( Maccarone R, Di Marco S, Bisti S. Saffron supplement maintains morphology and function after exposure to damaging light in mammalian retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Mar;49(3):1254-61.) indicates the potential effectiveness of Saffron as a retinal neuroprotectant in animal models of retinal degenerative disorders.The macular function will be tested by visual acuity and macular cone-mediated electroretinogram (focal electroretinogram, FERG) according to a standardized technique (see citations).