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Table 1 Frequency, dosage and monthly cost of products recommended by 34 natural health food store employees

From: Health food store recommendations: implications for breast cancer patients

Product name

No. of stores providing recommendation

Cost for a monthly supply ($CAD)

Recommended daily usage

Type of product

Essiac

10

57.50 ± 18.07

1 cup

Herbal tea combination

Floressence

9

46.47 ± 18.50

1 cup

Herbal tea combination

Coenzyme Q10

4

34.24 ± 6.12

100 mg/day

Antioxidant

Ip6 (Inositol hexaphosphate)

4

60

12 caps/day

Antioxidant

Moducare

4

45.99 ± 18.38

As directed on bottle

Sterols/sterolins

MGN

3

433.33 ± 152.75

12 caps/day

Mushroom extract

Pau D'arco

3

20

As directed on bottle

Herb

Multivitamin

3

6.74 ± 3.17

1 cap/day

Vitamin

Ester-C

2

5.75

1 cap/day

Vitamin

Pycnogelol

2

33.99

1 cap/day

Antioxidant

Grape seed extract

2

43.50

1–3 caps/day

Seed extract

Vitamin C

2

5

5000 mg/day

Vitamin

Astragalus

2

14.99

As directed on bottle

Herb

Greens+

1

10.59

1 cup/day

Herbal combination

Breast Health Combination

1

126.00

6–12 caps/day

Herbal combination

Beta-carotene

1

2.00

10,000 mg/day

Antioxidant

Shark Cartilage

1

104.00

8 caps/day

Cartilage of shark

Cat's claw

1

24.89

As directed on bottle

Herb

RM-10

1

210.00

4–6 caps/day

Mushroom and herbal combination

Oregano oil

1

5.28

2 g/day

Herbal extract

Proanthocyanidin

1

24.99

1–2 caps/day

Antioxidant

Cancergo

1

69.00

2 caps t.i.d.

Herbal combination

Collagen slim

1

69.00

15 ml q.i.d.

Herbal combination

Mega B

1

9.66

1 cap/day

Vitamin

Oncolyn

1

115.50

3 caps/day

Botanical extract

Venus fly trap

1

N/A

N/A

Herb

Garlic

1

5.00

2–3 caps/day

Botanical

Vitamin A

1

6.00

50,000 mg/day

Vitamin

Vitamin E

1

6.00

400 IU/day

Vitamin

Mushroom extract

1

24.99

As directed on bottle

Mushroom extract

Maitake mushroom

1

75.00

As directed on bottle

Mushroom extract

  1. N/A, not applicable. ±, where shown, are standard deviations.