"Cancer is caused by many different processes and inflammation is one of them, and if you could inhibit that process it would be tremendously helpful, " says Young S. Kim, program director in the Nutritional Science Research Group at the National Cancer Institute.

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"The science is far beyond almost all of the other nutritional supplements on the market, " says University of South Carolina professor Mark Davis, who has consulted for the FRS Company.

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"The problem is not coming up with good ideas about what to do about obesity, it's about actually doing them, " said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which has advocated for stronger nutritional standards in marketing and school lunch programs.

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