FTC Admonishes Media Not to Run False Diet Ads By Caroline E. Mayer Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 10, 2004; Page A13 "The agency is seeking a halt to the ads and consumer refunds for such products as the "Himalayan Diet Breakthrough" -- a dietary supplement of what the manufacturer called Nepalese Mineral Pitch, a paste-like material that "oozes out of the cliff face cracks in the summer season." The product, which costs $39.95 for a month's supply, promised consumers could lose as much as 37 pounds in eight weeks if taken before lunch, dinner and bedtime." For details read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37971-2004Nov9.html