Word: sams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skeptic when it comes to dietary supplements. Most of the ones I've seen are basically patent medicines whose proponents, seizing on a few isolated facts about the body, tout a treatment plan that has more to do with magic than medicine. But occasionally a supplement like SAMe (pronounced sam-me) comes along that piques even my interest. It's supposed to combat depression, ease aching joints and possibly revitalize the liver. I'm not convinced these claims are true, but I think they're worth a closer look...
Biochemists have known about SAMe for years, although they usually call it SAM, which is short for S-adenosylmethionine, a compound made by every cell in the body. (I don't know why it was renamed. Maybe the dietary-supplements folks think Sammy sounds sexier than Sam.) Turns out that SAM or SAMe plays a pivotal role in hundreds of biochemical reactions in the body. It's a methyl donor, meaning that it can attach a molecule made of one carbon atom and three hydrogen atoms to various proteins, lipids and even snippets of DNA. Such methylation reactions are important...
...down, Sam," the frizzy red-haired lady firmly told her young son. The boy, who looked about eight or nine years old, gave his mother a mischievous grin and raced across the subway car to grab one of the silver poles and spun himself around while the beige and orange shades blurred before his eyes...
...Sam!" she shrieked, grabbing him and tossing his backpack into the seat next to her. "Please stay there and just hold on to your card. We'll see the White House...
...goods bought online during the holidays were delivered by UPS. FedEx got a mere 10%. UPS management must have imagined the possibilities. (The U.S. Postal Service, by the way, delivered 32% of e-packages, a strong showing that suggests it might do well divorced from Uncle Sam...