food is fine, so is wine -

Food makes no difference to my UC.

SCD all the way, gets me out of a flare in a week, I can push it a little to 80% but then I flare again. Guess I'll be some degree of carb-free, sugar-free the rest of my life.

"No Name" diet worked for me. Test each food one by one, find ones that got no reaction and keep testing. then as my gut healed found that some "non-acceptable to gut" foods are now acceptable.
Fiber had me fooled for a while but finally figured out that was a common denominator of what gut hated in many problem foods.

Wish I could drink red wine for it's health benefits but even pre-UC it gave me a headache (and beer was also a problem pre-UC, not with gut but head) so now 1 glass of white wine and all is fine.

Funny you mention rice-krispy. Rice chex cereal previously gut-disliked now is OK but ick on the " RK treats". Trying to cut back on sugar so only the very best desserts will do as they are rationed. Had a Krispy Kreme (first time, believe it or not) and waaay too sugary. Very glad there is not a good bakery in town I'd be in big trouble but not gutwise, waistline-wise and have to buy new wardrobe haha.

Funny thing about gluten-free part of my diet mod. I didn't eat wheat/gluten for 10 years and UC improved (not just due to that but it was a part). Then I decided to try bread again and amazingly it's was gut-OK. But...spouse's dermatologist told him he should go gluten-free for his skin issues. Not a problem cuz gluten-free meals are a breeze (rice pasta, gluten free wraps etc) eat more veggies and protein instead.

Diet modification is hard and doesn't work for everyone, but turned my UC life around when RX alone was doing squat.

My pouch loves rice krispy treats!

for you all that did finally receive the big R, how long did it take and how many different meds did you try before attaining the holy grille ?

me myself, if took almost 10 very long years -

Gardener I have the same rock/hard place mentality so I'm glad to hear it worked out for you! I started on 5 asa meds 9 years ago and they slowly stopped being as effective as the years went on. Instead of stepping up the rx ladder I am experimenting, first with diet (4 years ago) then with FMT (last year) and a whole other bag of tricks like simply having a normal sleep/wake cycle, daily meditation, exercise, stress reduction, etc etc. When I fall off my routine about once a year I have a mild flare but can rein it back in quite quickly. Learning to incorporating all these things into a LIFESTYLE that I can consistenly stick to and hoping to have more long term remissions as time goes on.
Not against drugs, and a step up may be inevitable in the future, who knows what life will throw at me and how my condition will react, but for now I'm just trying to slow down the progression and gain control as much as possible.