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Frequency, dosage and monthly cost of products recommended by 34 natural health food store employees |
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| Product name |
No. of stores providing recommendation |
Cost for a monthly supply ($CAD) |
Recommended daily usage |
Type of product |
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| 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 |
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N/A, not applicable. ±, where shown, are standard deviations. | ||||
Mills et al. Breast Cancer Res 2003 5:R170 doi:10.1186/bcr636 |
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