Oats Induce Villous Atrophy in Some Celiacs

I have had wonderful results with oats from this gluten free oats site. I ordered 25 lbs. and my intestines are 'normal' now. So far, for about a year. Thanks so much. Lenore

My husband thought he was having a heart attack. He went by ambulance to the hospital and while we were waiting, he calming told me how he stopped at the store to buy some cereal. He accidentally bought wheat-free instead of gluten-free. He had 2 bowls. Turned out the oat flour in the cereal was the culprit all along. He had severe bloating, pressure in his chest, weakness, hotness of his body and nausea. It turned out to be the most expensive box of cereal ever!!!!

I tried gluten free certified oats and I got so sick I almost went to the hospital. I would be very careful trying oats if you are celiac.

I'm suffering right now from gluten free oats - the same reaction as if I had gluten! I've had them before and was fine, but yesterday's bowl of oatmeal is killing me today!

I am one of the unfortunate persons with celiac that seems to be unable to tolerate gluten-free oats. It's my understanding that the protein molecule in oats is similar to the ones our bodies attack, therefore some of us have a 'gluten' reaction. But I'm hypothesizing the reaction can be different for each of us, for example, I get violently ill if I accidentally consume gluten, but oats didn't make me sick. They did (I'm guessing) damage the villi because months after introducing gluten free oats, I became anemic again for the first time since diagnosis (it had been many years). As soon as I eliminated the oats, the iron levels went back up and have stayed there after I ended the supplements. Sheesh, if being gluten-free wasn't difficult enough, now I have to read the ingredients of items marked "gluten-free", like Udi's granola. It has oats in it!

I have celiac and I can tell you for sure that I cannot tolerate oats either! I think it is fool hardy to put gluten-free on an item when you don't know for sure if all people can consider it safe to eat. You know every time you have a reaction, it gets worse.