What You Should Know about Kyäni

TINA.org investigation delves into claims by Idaho-based MLM.

What’s Behind Your Halloween Haul?

What you should know about some of the candy in your trick-or-treat bag.

Proposed Vitaminwater Settlement Leaves Sour Aftertaste

TINA.org files a friend of the court brief opposing proposed settlement.

TAKEDOWN: Feds Move against Vemma

FTC alleges Vemma is a pyramid scheme and freezes assets.

The Diabetes Solution Kit

Product that claims to “reverse diabetes in as little as four weeks” may not deliver as advertised.

NOHO

We’re not sold on this hangover cure or the amount of money NOHO says you can make selling it.

Herbalife: ‘I Thought I was Going to Make it Big’

Former distributor says a class-action settlement isn’t going to help a majority of recruits who lost money.

YumEarth Organics Pops

You may be very, very surprised to learn what’s missing in this company’s “very very cherry” pops.

Are Homeopathic Drugs Misleading Consumers?

FDA revisits a decades-old policy that essentially allows homeopathic drugs to go unchecked into the marketplace.

5-Hour Energy Drinks

Children’s Supplement Maker Nourishlife Settles FTC Charges

Advertising of supplement was at center of TINA.org investigation.

New Class-Action Alleges Vemma’s Clinical Studies ‘Worthless’

Lawsuit filed in federal court alleges company is in violation of a previous FTC order.

Five Companies that Fail the Name Game

What’s in a name? Sometimes not what you expect.

The Weakness in CytoSport’s Muscle Milk

The bodybuilding supplement has been the target of an FDA warning letter and a class-action lawsuit.

Exposing Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes

Here’s a list of some key cases.

Can an Energy Drink Claim to be Healthy?

Vemma markets Verve as a healthy choice. But is it?

CSPI gets go-ahead for class action against Vitaminwater

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit concerning misleading health claims made by vitaminwater can proceed as a class action. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)…

Nordic Hair Volume

Nordic makes the dietary supplement “Hair Volume” that, surprise, promises to increase your hair volume. Nordic had been advertising the supplement with claims that included the following: “Hair Volume is…

Happy Birthday Sliced Bread

Sliced bread is 85 and its history includes many health claims.

Decoding Cosmetics Claims: Eyelashes

Do eyelash growth products work?