My thoughts exactly anon. Why don't doctors check our mineral levels? Usually we are deficient in something like iodine for example. Our bodies are "finely tuned machines" and when the most basic of elements is off, it has a cascading effect. We used to get iodine from bread, but then they switched to bromine which is cheaper and more harmful. My sister has pancreatic cancer and I asked the doctor to test her for iodine deficiency. He told me they can't test for that. Don't misunderstand me; it's not like that would be a cure, but if you can't get your body into where it was supposed to be to begin with, you are missing what made it sick in the beginning.