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Beta glucan is a neutraceutical which has been available for over 50 years, but in the past few years it has become particularly well known for preventing and healing cancer, which is my main reason for taking it. Other significant uses include helping to heal high cholesterol, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, reducing the awful side effects of radiation and chemotherapy, preventing or lessening the symptoms of colds, flu, allergies, hepatitis, Lyme disease, asthma, ear infections, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. It has also been used in skin creams to treat dermatitis, eczema, wrinkles, bedsores, wounds, burns, diabetic ulcers, and radiation burns. This supplement works by activating the part of the immune system called macrophages which consume foreign substances that are potentially harmful to the body. Apparently the reason that beta glucan is more available now and more widely purchased by health-conscious consumers is that it was so expensive previously that only the wealthy could afford it. Around 2010, the process of creating Beta-1, 3D was developed and the price to manufacture it came down from around $1000 per capsule to pennies per capsule. During the past four years I have used Transfer Point's Beta Glucan, which costs about $70/bottle for 60 capsules at a standard dose of 500 mg per capsule, or about $35 for a month's supply. I have also used the Jarrow brand, which is about $20/bottle for 60 capsules of only 250 mg each. Which means it is even more expensive than Transfer Point, since one has to take 2 of those capsules per day, making it about $40 for a month's supply. In contrast, this NOW brand offers 60 capsules of a 500 mg dose per capsule at a much lower cost than the other two brands. It is currently only $10.83, about 18 cents per capsule, compared to over $1.00 per capsule for the other two brands. The issue is whether the Transfer Point or Jarrow version of beta glucan are, either of them, better than NOW, and therefore worth their inflated price. Their sales personal, of course, will tell you that they are. But I personally disagree. NOW has an excellent reputation for quality, and I plan to stick with this brand.