[polly]

Oh if only one could rely on the NHS!!
Personally i have always found that GP's want to calve me up into easy tomanage little bit e.g. a skin problem is seen as making me in need of a visit to Dermatology and a stomach problem means I need a referral to gastro department.
Alternative health practitioners are more open minded and see the skin rash as a result of the stomach problem.
Infact when my stomach problem first started the GP wanted to fob me off with an alternative medicine - Pepermint capsules !!

We have to remember that most conventional medicines have their origings in alternative medicine (natural medicine) for example Asprin started life as part of a tree.

I tend to think this move to so called regulated vits and minerals is not just an effort by the pharmaceutical companies to increase their profit margins but also a move by conventional medicine to regain their control as they know so many of us have woken up to the idea that we are responsabile for own health