The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition on Oats

GUT 2002;50:332-5
Celiac.com 03/19/2002 - According to a long term study conducted by Dr Matti Uusitupa and colleagues from the University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, long-term ingestion of a moderate amount of oats in an otherwise gluten-free diet is safe for adult patients with celiac disease. In a previous study Dr. Uusitupa found no harmful effects from oats after patients ate them for 12 months, which was reflected by the patents symptoms, nutritional status, duodenal villous architecture, and mucosal mononuclear cell infiltrate, as seen in celiac patients who are in remission. The earlier study also showed that ingestion of oats did not delay recovery of mucosal damage in newly diagnosed celiacs.
Dr. Uusitupas first study compared the effects of a gluten-free ...

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2003) 57, 163-169. doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601525
S Størsrud1,a,b, M Olsson2,b, R Arvidsson Lenner1,b, L Å Nilsson3,b, O Nilsson4,b and A Kilander2,b
1) Department of Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
2) Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
3) Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
4) Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract:
Celiac.com 3/14/2003 - Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether adult patients with coeliac disease in remission could include large amounts of oats in their daily gluten-free diet...

Gut 2003;52:1649-1652
Celiac.com 11/05/2003 - A study conducted by Norwegian researchers has found that some patients with celiac disease may not be able to tolerate oats, especially those who also have Open Original Shared Link. The researchers looked at 19 adult celiac disease patients who were given 50g of uncontaminated oats per day for 12 weeks. The patients were given biopsies before and after the challenge and were scored histologically, and "levels of mRNA specific for interferon were determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis." The researchers determined that oats were well tolerated by most celiac patients, with the exception of several who reported initial abdominal discomfort and boating, and one patient who eventually developed total...