SOCIAL media can be helpful for business and is now an accepted part of life – but it can also can also be detrimental to our every day happiness, says Mrs Salisbury. 

She said: "Social media can have a really negative impact on our self confidence and it takes up so much time. If you add up how much time people are on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter then you would have a huge chunk of your day that could be better spent exercising or preparing healthier, home-cooked meals."

Mrs Salisbury's views are supported by recent research suggesting that more people should try a 'digital detox' and get rid of phones and social media for a period of days or weeks.

New research released today reveals that despite our reliance on mobile devices, 68 per cent of us would like to take a digital detox and switch off our connected devices.

The digital detox movement which promotes a return to real life relationships, rather than virtual ones, inspired the study that also revealed nearly one in 10 people (eight per cent) say they feel ‘anxious' when without their phone and 26 per cent of people wouldn't switch off their devices as they like to feel connected all the time.

That's despite the fact that more than a fifth of people think that their real life relationships are negatively impacted by their connected devices.