Of course they still do. It is the myth (lie) that supplement companies employ to sell magazines and product. Last time I looked at a bodybuilding mag it was near impossible to even tell where a "real" article ended and an advertisement began. That mentality that any kid can buy a few hundred bucks worth of NO-xplode and Muscletech will make them all Marcus Ruhl.
Fortunately I have given my mother a whole new set of worries "You aren't going to lift that big stone are you? You will throw your back out!" Bah