{"id":201,"date":"2010-10-06T12:28:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T16:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2011-04-16T09:36:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:36:39","slug":"huffington-post-ftc-does-little-to-curb-anti-aging-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Huffington Post: FTC Does Little to Curb Anti-Aging Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_204\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/acai2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204\" data-attachment-id=\"204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/?attachment_id=204\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/acai2.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"261,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"acai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Acai&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/acai2.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/acai2.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204\" title=\"acai\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/acai2.jpg?resize=225%2C167\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acai<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Way back in January 2009, the Better Business Bureau issued a warning to  consumers to beware of online offers for free trials of acai berry&#8211;one  of the many products sold on the Web that purports to promote weight  loss and halt aging. Turns out many of the so-called free trials weren&#8217;t  free at all&#8211;they actually hooked unsuspecting shoppers into expensive  monthly shipments of acai juice or supplements. Since then, many  consumer protection organizations have issued similar warnings. And last  year, Oprah Winfrey and her on-air doctor Mehmet Oz sued 50 Internet  retailers for improperly using their names and likenesses to advertise  acai and other supplements.<\/p>\n<p>But as I learned recently, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/arlene-weintraub\/ftc-does-little-to-curb-a_b_749476.html\" target=\"_blank\">these offers are still rampant on the Internet<\/a>. Read more at HuffPo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in January 2009, the Better Business Bureau issued a warning to consumers to beware of online offers for free trials of acai berry&#8211;one of the many products sold on the Web that purports to promote weight loss and halt aging. 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