Is Coca Cola bad for autistics?

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In my case, Coke is not good for me either. I can't drink any at all, mainly because the sparkling (gas) makes my stomach achey, but also because of the sugars and caffeine contibute to restlessness and anxiety.

I don't touch Coca-Cola unless it's the original recipe-- the one with actual cocaine in it. It's the only healthy recipe they ever made...[/sarcasm]

I do drink Coca-Cola on occasion. I really should stop.

I saw a video where someone put an egg in Coca-Cola and left it to sit there for a while and the results were disturbing. Now imagine what it does to your teeth.

Do you mean a normal raw hen's egg, unshelled? It would be interesting to see that video should you have a link for it?

I should think it is unhealthy for the stomach lining as well! I wonder how that Coke interacts with the other stuff inside.

I very seldom drink Coke because I no longer like the flavour. I take it during road runs though, although sometimes I just take water or Powerade.

A lot of autistics have indigestion and/or food intolerances.

I gave up soda and as a result, my skin stopped itching and cleared up. I was afraid I was prediabetic, but having blood tests taken, the doctor confirmed this was not the case.

However, refined sugar is bad for you. It causes an insulin spike which you get addicted to. Then you crash and need more and you end up more tired than you were before ingesting the sugar. Eventually, if you keep a high intake of sugar over a prolonged period of time, you mess up your pancreas' insulin production and that's the road towards diabetes.

There is also High Fructose Corn Syrup and Carbon Monoxide in soda, which is not easy to digest.

The only sugar I eat now is fructose naturally from fruits. It was difficult to cut out refined sugar, but it was worth it. It became easier as I started exercising regularly. If you're in very bad shape, it's almost impossible to improve your diet, because you get energy from insulin spikes and treat depression with bad calories and sodium. I'd know, I was addicted to sugary sweets, sodas and junk food for years.

There is no question if soda is bad for you or not. It is. The question is, is it worse for autistics than other people ? Only if there is a correlation between autism and indigestion/food intolerance. This has not been proven scientifically I think, but the two seem to go hand in hand. Most autistics I've talked to have food intolerances, but then again it is a rising epidemic among all the population of the west where we eat junk foods and sugar and exercise very little.

I need caffine to calm down.

I recently stopped drinking coke in an effort to fix my sleep disorder. I've drank coke every day for years on end, and was shocked at how easy it was to stop drinking it. But then again it was the same with smoking for me - I just stopped and that was that. I think it may be helping to control my sleep problems, though, without all the caffeine and sugar. I still drink it occasionally when out, but I don't keep it in the house, switching instead to lemon iced tea.

If it gives you problems you should avoid. I don't think it's good for anyone.