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'Visions link' to coffee intake

People who drink too much coffee could start seeing ghosts or hearing strange voices, UK research has suggested.

People who drank more than seven cups of instant coffee a day were three times more likely to hallucinate than those who took just one, a study found.

A Durham University team questioned 200 students about their caffeine intake, the journal Personality and Individual Differences reported.

However, academics say the findings do not prove a "causal link".

They also stress that experiencing hallucinations is not a definite sign of mental illness and that about 3% of people regularly hear voices.

"This is the first step toward looking at the wider factors associated with hallucinations," said psychology PhD student Simon Jones, who led the study.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/7827761.stm

Published: 2009/01/14 04:23:12 GMT

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Será mesmo? vamos ver o que o Ministério da Agricultura, pecuária e abastecimento (MAPA) tem a dizer a esse respeito.






desagravo: foi uma pena que eu não encontrei o anúncio na televisão em que o Super-café aparece toda a vez em que alguém bebe uma xícara.

é... acho que faz sentido.