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The other article begins and I quote:
"When a pill purports to fix everything from aching joints to flagging
spirits,
you can guess it's probably snake oil. But SAMe ("Sammy"), a
dietary
supplement reaching U.S. drugstore this month, may buck that rule.
Few Americans have heard of the stuff (SAMe stands for S-adenosyl-methionine),
but it been used for two decades in Europe to
treat arthritis and depression."
"It's a compound that our bodies make from methionine, an amino acid
found in protein-rich foods (that we don't get much of). When nudged
by Vit. B12 and
folic acid, SAMe gives up a piece of itself to neighboring tissues
and organs.
The transaction supports an array of vital processes--the
maintenance of cell membranes, the removal of toxic substances from
the
body and the production of mood-boosting neurotransmitters such as
dopamine and serotonin."
These sound like "snake oil" that bears more investigating.
Any comments?
nina