Benjamin Rush, the only medical doctor to sign the American Constitution, fearing that in time, medicine would organize into an "undercover dictatorship" that would suppress both competition and new medical advances, tried in vain to have "medical freedom" enshrined in the Constitution?

Minerals are as important as, if not more important than, vitamins. Minerals are co-enzymes which help vitamins function. In the absence of minerals, vitamins can't do their job. Many minerals are referred to as trace minerals, which might make it seem as though they are of little importance, but nothing could be further from the truth. Minerals and their deficiencies have been implicated in a wide range of off-balance health conditions