but the company remains under a court order from the 1980s not to make false or misleading representations about the products health benefits. which herbalife board former surgeon general, says is essential. give people false hope. they may not go to doctors. reporter: in its training materials it tells distributors not to tell people that herbalife can treat, prevent or cure any disease. but look at what undercover reporters found. this distributor told us of a woman who overcame a brain tumor thanks to herbalife. whatever it is that the product did helped her a lot. reporter: the president of herbalife. can herbalife cure brain tumors? absolutely not and i m appalled to hear you say this. what is happening there is a violation of our rules. reporter: does it happen often?
only by its distributors like amway or tupperware operators, but the company remains under a court order from the 1980s not to make false or misleading representations about the products health benefits. which herbalife board member, a former surgeon general, says is essential. ghaif people false hope. they may not go to the doctors. reporter: in its training materials it tells distributors not to tell people that herbalife can treat, prevent or cure any disease. but look at what undercover reporters found. this distributor told us of a woman who overcame a brain tumor thanks to herbalife. whatever it is that the product did helped her a lot. reporter: the president of herbalife. can herbalife cure brain tumors? absolutely not and i m appalled to hear you say this. what is happening there is a violation of our rules. reporter: does it happen often? i do not believe so. reporter: but that was not the only time we caught on tape