Turmeric and green tea among health supplements putting people in hospital https://newatlas.com/medical/turmeric-green-tea-liver/

Turmeric and green tea among health supplements putting people in hospital https://newatlas.com/medical/turmeric-green-tea...

Supplement users were mostly taking these botanicals of their own accord, not due to medical directives, for a range of issues: turmeric for joint health and arthritis, green tea extract to boost energy levels, G. cambogia for weight loss, black cohosh to manage hot flushes and red yeast rice for heart health. We should add that when the study talks of green tea, it's specifically concerned with green tea extract, not drinking tea (which has no link to liver toxicity – though a limit of eight cups a day is recommended). And while news of liver toxicity connected to these supplements is not new, having been reported to be on the rise for some time now, including in this 2022 study, medical researchers are concerned that people are unaware that they come with a serious risk of overdose that results in emergency department presentations. Hospitalizations increased from 7% to 20% over the decade between 2004 and 2014.