Gluten Free Oats?

[4tomorrow]

I was talking to a guy I know yesterday that is a manager at Wild Oats. He has done a lot of research on Celiac Disease and claims that they will soon be carrying a gluten free oat. He says the company isolated their fields and has a dedicated facility. Has anyone else heard anything else about this?

[VydorScope]

I was talking to a guy I know yesterday that is a manager at Wild Oats. He has done a lot of research on Celiac Disease and claims that they will soon be carrying a gluten free oat. He says the company isolated their fields and has a dedicated facility. Has anyone else heard anything else about this?

Open Original Shared Link

It is real... however there is some debate...

1) SOME ppl on this board have tried it with no symptons

2) SOME ppl on this board have tried it and have had symptons.

Possible reasons why some ppl might react:

1) Intolerence to the Oat protein, while its different then gluten some ppl do react to it in a simular fashion. Somthing like 1 in 10 celiacs have this intolerence.

2) CC in other places contiminated the oats

3) Some theroize that the Oat protein is so simular to gluten that some ppl will react to it becuase thier bodies think its gluten.

Thats about all I know I think. I will not allow my son to have any till he is old enough to understand and decide himself, at 3 yrs (well wil be in Aug) he can not possibly understand yet.

[2kids4me]

and a source in Canada is: Open Original Shared Link

Good web site that also talks about celiac and oats

We guarantee that our oats are pure and free of cross-contamination with wheat, barley, rye, triticale, kamut, spelt and other grains that are closely related to wheat.

We protect and check our oats at all critical stages:

as seed

at planting

while growing in the field

at harvesting

during transport

in storage

during processing and packaging

We certify purity through seed lab and R5-ELISA gluten test results.

[chrissy]

we use them with no problem.

[mamaw]

I've been eating them for several months, no problem