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So, On The Cnn Special- Oats Was Listed As A Good Grain

breann6

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breann6 Contributor
breann6
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can i really, really, eat oatmeal ?? i LOVE oatmeal, and was SO sad to give it up, but according to the special and the DR on there, Oats aren't an enemy. what gives on that?

-breann

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my girls eat oats without a problem---we buy gluten free oats from montana. azure standard also sells gluten free oats.

AndreaB Contributor
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It's the mainline oats that are the problem. They are cross contaminated.

If you buy the gluten free oats, they should give you a little sheet of instructions about starting out real small. Some people react to all oats. I have some gluten-free oats in my cupboard I haven't eaten yet. Thinking my hubby can eat them if nothing else as he doesn't have an active intolerance. I'm both gluten and gliadin intolerant and can't eat a lot of alternative grains either.

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There are two issues with oats:

1) The vast majority of commercial oats are contaminated with gluten. McCanns, CountryPride, and Quaker were specifically tested as *ALL* being over the 200ppm CODEX standard used in Europe, which is 10 times higher than the Canadian standard. There are two or three manufacturers (American and Canadian) of 'gluten free oats'.

2) The oat protein, avenin, is chemically and structurally similar to the wheat protein, gliandin. Because of this, approximately 10% of celiacs react to avenin itself - they react demonstrate intestinal damage from lab-grown, perfectly pure oats. There is no seriologic test for determining if you are one of those 10%.

So, it's a personal decision whether or not to try oats, and find oats that you trust. I believe, based on previous experience, that I do react to oats, but I have not tried 'gluten-free oats' yet, and it could have been contamination.

breann6 Contributor
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thanks guys. I love oats, but am feeling SO good, and its been SO long since I have felt good, that i am scared to set myself back and start all over ;) ....i'll hold off on the oats, maybe in a few months....

breann

hannahsue01 Enthusiast
hannahsue01
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My doctor (a celiac himself) said to wait a year after going gluten free and then introduce oats and see if you react to them. If not to have at it. I did find that our HyVee has a 10 lb bag of unflavored oats that are certified gluten free being made on dedicated fields, lines, and transported on dedicated trucks amung other things.....the package stated that they were new. I was informed by my grandmother a few days ago that she met a guy that works for the people who makes oatmeal for HyVee and aparently there oatmeal is considered gluten free (donno about the flavored ones though....I'll have to ask).

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Ditto to what Tiffany said, that's exactly right. Here is another another oats thread to ck out too: Open Original Shared Link

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