Coffee

Hi,
In my second week of prednisone after a month of my first flare - 52 yr. old newly diagnosed with UC.
Dedicating myself to FODMAP having learned about it from this forum. Thank you again to the person who told me about it. I'm feeling much more alive than I did last month!! Now I'm Searching for a hot morning drink that won't trigger the horrible bloating. If anyone knows of something that works, I'd like to try it. Tea with honey is out and the decaf coffee I was drinking doesn't work either. I suppose I can simply continue the experimentation - but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Oh, and I'm pretty fit having worked out all my life, but now I have no ass - it disappeared! Wondering if I'm going to be able to gain that back.

You said no tea but peppermint tea is supposed to be good for gas and bloating. I drink it pretty regular, it does help with those things, somewhat.

Beef bone broth is gut friendly but no way could I stomach that in the morning, but might be worth a try if you can get it down. Broth food carts and shops are all the rage here in Portland, Or.

Is caffeine a problem or something else?
While flaring caffeine was not friendly for my gut so I drank decaf green tea (Stash) with coconut cream to replace milk (skimmed cream off top of coconut milk put in fridge) with a smudge of white sugar because my gut cannot do honey at all.

I've tried many, many herbal teas and gut says no way but you'll have to see what your gut says.
Remission allows caffeine coffee and caffeine green tea (yay) plus coco cream and tiny bit of white sugar. For some reason white sugar is okey-dokey and other forms of sugar a big NO. Of course no sugar would be the best of all but small treats mean a lot. I eat so little sugar that commercial ice cream tastes horribly over-sugared to me now.

I second the peppermint tea. I don't drink it often because I prefer coffee, tho I can usually only have 2 cups, but peppermint tea works good for stomach upset and bloating. Do you take probiotics? Probiotics may help reduce bloating as well.

I love this. Thank you all for the suggestions.

I love the peppermint and it's good without sweetener.