Questions About Coffee: Caffeinated and De-Caf

My surgeon allow 16 ounces of beverages with caffeine but decaf is totally fine. I make sure to track calories for creamer or anything I add to my decaf but a cup of decaf in the evening keeps the snacks carb monster at bay most nights.

That's GREAT! Exactly what I was hoping to hear, Karen... thanks. And I use a non-calorie/non-carb creamer/sweatener (which I am trying to slowly reduce and then eliminate all together because of all the sodium & sucralose in it).

And Decaf isn't bad at all... I hardly notice the difference. Yaaay.

Have you heard of Matcha green tea? It has even more health benefits that regular green tea. To be honest I don't know what they are but I love the stuff!

I do too! I have a cup of Macha green tea everyday around 3pm....I am hooked on the stuff. I even made chia seed pudding and flavored it with Macha powder:-)

Oh that sounds awesome! Would you mind sharing the recipe?

Sure, it's really simple and makes more than one serving.

2 cups Fairlife milk(I've used unsweetened almond milk as well)

5 tbsp Chia seeds

1 tsp Macha powder(if it clumps you can make it into a paste first by adding a few drops of water to it)

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Sweeten to taste with what you like to use. I have tried it with stevia, raw honey and Splenda. Stevia seems to work the best for my taste buds.

Combine all ingredients and divide it equally into covered containers like jars, ect. Refrigerate overnight. I have found a lot of recipes online that have different variations. I hope you like it:-)

Awesome, thank you so much!

I'll look into that - I LOVE green teas.

My centre makes us quite regular coffee 6 months prior to surgery, but allows decaf both before and after, if your pouch can tolerate it. I was told that the regular coffee can cause irritation and ulcers, and even the decaf might be hard for some people at first.

I couldn't drink decaf coffee until a few weeks ago, at 4 months post op. It just bothered my stomach too much, so I stuck to herbal teas. Now that i can have decaf, I mix it with my premier protein and usually have it as soon as I wake up.

As others have said, coffee is dehydrating, so it's not really an issue.

Except: coffee and tea both block absorption of iron, so don't drink it withing 2 hours of taking iron. It's not the caffeine, it's the tannins, so tea is even worse than coffee.