Why is this even an article? Of course the Ad placement companies will put in the Ads anything you tell them too, I mean, how many weight loss, breast enlargement or penis enlargement Ads have you seen in the past 20 years? Probably more then there are humans on the planet, but that doesn't mean that ANY of then are actually functional. Many years ago, at least in my family, it was a common practice to avoid any and all Ads like plague, because they were considered a virus, not by themselves, but by clicking on them, you were exposing yourself to them.
NYT still ships these oddballs with their newsletters. I saw one where you drink just one cup of some weird substance before bed and you'd loose weight. The image had a coke being poured into some red powder.
Take off your adblocker one day, and see how the ridiculous state of internet advertising hasn't changed at all.
