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...exclusively at home from structured lesson plans--no evolution, thank you. Studying to be a chef, Rebecca had to learn how to do "self-motivated work," while Katie Harwood recalls "learning what we wanted, mostly arty things." Tad Heuer took violin and art classes at public school to supplement home-taught history and literature studies that included visits to Civil War battlefields and 19th century authors' homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Home-School Report Card | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

Although I take 250 mg of vitamin C each day, I'm pretty much a 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is SAMe for Real? | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...supplements were movies, SAMe would be the sleeper hit of the summer. Introduced in the U.S. in March, it is now the fourth most popular individual supplement in drugstore chains and general retail outlets. General Nutrition Centers reports that SAMe is surpassing even St. John's wort in sales. Two breathless guidebooks have already been published, and three more are coming in the fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is SAMe for Real? | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...499th career home run (and 42nd of the season), the Ruth-and-Maris-topping Cardinals slugger casually let it drop to a few gathered reporters that oh, by the way, he quit taking Andro four months ago. A year ago, McGwire?s admission that he used the dietary supplement ignited not only sales of the iffy, supposedly muscle-building potion but a firestorm of controversy over his home-run record and his fitness as a role model. Now McGwire had quit, he said, because "Young kids take it because of me. I don't like that." Excuse me, slugger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When it Came to Quitting Andro, Big Mac Bunted | 8/5/1999 | See Source »

...Papas' partners, Tim Kurtz, runs a supplement store next door to the restaurant. The store sells products geared towards athletes, such as protein powder and various vitamins and herbs...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Harvard Chef Serves Up Low-Fat, No-Fat Gourmet | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

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