Table 3.
Other products or special diet used by lactating mothers to augment Breastmilk production and supply
| Use of special diet to increase breast milk production (n = 378) | Yes | 355(93.9) |
| No | 23(6.1) | |
| If yes, Was it useful (n = 355) | Yes | 355(100) |
| If yes, was it safe to use (n = 355) | Yes | 355(100) |
| If yes, type of special diet | Number of mothers reporting use of each dietary source | |
| Cassava leaves sauce & tubers | 286 | |
| Peanuts & peanuts sauce | 43 | |
| Potato leaves sauce | 32 | |
| Sesame Sauce | 34 | |
| Rice | 19 | |
| Beans sauce | 11 | |
| Others (banana, fish, egg, coconut, milk, wheat, maize and tea) | 10 |