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jackie4 Apprentice
jackie4
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I am a llittle confused on the whole oatmeal topic. Is it alright to eat and if so what brand? I heard that McCanns is good but are all of their products ? I grabbed the instant Maple and brown sugar flavored. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

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CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Most oats are contaminated. There is debate whether the oats themselves are a problem or not. Wheat, barley and rye actually have slightly different proteins, and oats, yet a different one. They're just not sure if oat protein is bad for us or not. At least that's my understanding from what I've read on the topic.

eleep Enthusiast
eleep
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I have no problems with McCann's, I use their regular instant oats.

capecodda Rookie
capecodda
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It was Trader Joes Multigrain oatmeal that landed me at urgent care 2 weeks ago after ALMOST being back to par on rice and potatos...I am new and 8 years ago, looked into Celiac after what they called IBS and poo pooed my thoughts on possibly being Celiac. I have not touched (knowingly) any obvious oats, brans, breads, etc for the past 2 weeks and feel like every day I am coming back from the dead more and more. This is wild!! I do not hold out much hope that the 7 vials of blood they took will show anything as from what I see here it is tricky to detect..but I know that the day I ate that oatmeal, I felt as if I had been poisoned.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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If it was multi-grain, what were the other grains?

capecodda Rookie
capecodda
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If it was multi-grain, what were the other grains?

Rye, Barley, Oats, and Wheat. :blink: I am a bit embarrassed to even type those 4 words.. been learning a lot here in the past couple of days. Like... DUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH!!!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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:lol::lol::lol: I guess we can't tell if the oats were a problem then!!! ;)
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capecodda Rookie
capecodda
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:lol::lol::lol: I guess we can't tell if the oats were a problem then!!! ;)

Yes..true. That "contamination" word though is enough to keep me clear of any grain that swells up in water other than brown rice for right now. ;)

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Yes..true. That "contamination" word though is enough to keep me clear of any grain that swells up in water other than brown rice for right now. ;)

Yea, me too.

Kassie Apprentice
Kassie
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these oats are supposed to be good we bought them and have had no problem with them (i dont know how to do a link so youll just have to look up this sight the old fashioned was lol) but this sight explains them and the proccess they use and everything like that its really worth lookin up

www.glutenfreeoats.com

hez Enthusiast
hez
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I highly reccomend talking to your doctor and doing research before trying oats. Then I would only eat the gluten-free oats from either the Canadaian (cream hill estate?) or Wyoming (glutenfreeoats.com) people. I eat the gluten-free oats from Wyoming and have not had a problem.

Hez

chrissy Collaborator
chrissy
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our ped gi says that uncontaminated oats are ok. he was in on a study done on oats some years back in denver.

KaitiUSA Enthusiast
KaitiUSA
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Some celiacs react to even uncontaminated oats. The protein in oats called avenin causes reactions in people because it similar to the protein in wheat, rye, and barley. I stay away from all oats because I do not trust them. It's a big risk so I would rather stay with the definite safe stuff.

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obaketenshi Rookie
obaketenshi
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Speaking of this, there's a new option for those of us that like oats--Trader Joe's now has certified gluten free oats! I am chowing down on these for breakfast! I am happy to see McCann's is on here, as I was going to be sad that I couldn't have irish oats anymore. :(

kareng Grand Master
kareng
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Speaking of this, there's a new option for those of us that like oats--Trader Joe's now has certified gluten free oats! I am chowing down on these for breakfast! I am happy to see McCann's is on here, as I was going to be sad that I couldn't have irish oats anymore. :(

The info on products on this thread (except your post) is 5 years old. You cannot assume it is still correct. You should check McCann's for yourself as products change over the years.

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