FTC Targets Products Claiming to Affect the Stress Hormone Cortisol

Agency Alleges That Marketers of CortiSlim and CortiStress Made False or Unsubstantiated Claims

October 5, 2004 - The Federal Trade Commission has charged marketers of two dietary supplements with claiming, falsely and without substantiation, that their products can cause weight loss and reduce the risk of, or prevent, serious health conditions. According to the FTC’s complaint, Los Angeles-area marketers Window Rock Enterprises, Inc. and Infinity Advertising, Inc., their principals, Stephen Cheng and Gregory Cynaumon, and business partner and product formulator Shawn Talbott have sold “CortiSlim” and “CortiStress” through a number of widely aired infomercials and short TV commercials, as well as radio and print advertisements and Internet Web sites. “The Window Rock defendants’ weight-loss and disease-prevention claims fly in the face of reality,” said Lydia B. Parnes, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “No pill can replace a healthy program of diet and exercise.”

Source: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/10/windowrock.htm