The country’s top healthcare professionals are urging people to be extra careful whilst trying an extreme January detox.
Medical experts have issued the warning after a woman in the UK suffered health problems including a seizure after she tried taking a large quantity of herbal remedies and drinking too much water.
Speaking about the issue Jill Bell, from the Irish Association of Health Stores, said the extreme detox can be fatal and urged people to extra precautions as taking large quantities of herbal remedies along with vitamins can be more damaging than helpful.
Mr Bell said: “Once people are aware that giving their liver an easy time, because it is really involved in getting rid of waste from the body.”
“Keeping the bowels moving nicely, then maybe think about adding on a herbal supplement or two, but that is really where the advice from your local health store will come in.”