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Lister Rising Star
Lister
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so there is a new news thingy on the side of the main website saying they did a clinical study and oats are 100% safe for celiac patients.. does this meen that oatmeal is safe?? o how i miss thee oatmeal

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NWLAX36Mom
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I don't think many people would believe me on this, but I am a total oatmeal freak. They are actually one of the things I miss the very most!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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You have to be sure to buy oats that are not contaminated. I just recently added oats back and have done fine with them. I buy McCann's.

Most oats are contaminated with wheat.

Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
Posted

I guess I could actually go read the study, but I can't seem to find it at the moment..

:blink:

What brand of oats did they use in the study?

Lister Rising Star
Lister
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did not say just said oats.. its on the side in the little thing that always changes on the main page of celiac.com

darlindeb25 Collaborator
darlindeb25
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Saying anything is 100% safe is just not right. Saying they may be safe for some is ok, but not saying they are 100% safe for all.

There are many studies out there that say differently. I know I wasn't able to eat oats before I knew I couldn't have gluten. They bothered me my whole life!

There is a study out there that says it's not safe for celiac children to eat oats, but I can't remember where I saw it :( .

Yes, many studies state this. However, it has also been proven that they cause inflammation.

Granted, inflammation is not the same as lesions... But heck... who needs inflammation when your gut is messed up to begin with?

This is what I found in the CSA website this morning: Open Original Shared Link

And this I found in PubMed: 1: J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Apr;22(4):528-31. Links

In vitro tests indicate that certain varieties of oats may be harmful to patients with coeliac disease.

Silano M, Dess

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

there have been studies that show that some celiacs do just fine on uncontaminated, pure oats, when eaten in moderate (1/2 cup a day) quantities. that's not all, that's not any oats, and that's not a lot of oats. so, as usual, headlines often misleadingly scratch the surface.

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Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
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did not say just said oats.. its on the side in the little thing that always changes on the main page of celiac.com

Okay I see it. It doesn't say anything about 100%, but it might be worth it to you to try eating small amounts of oats. I eat Gifts of Nature oats. A lot of people do well with McCanns.

dally099 Contributor
dally099
Posted

hi, i have just decided to try adding oats back to my diet, they bothered me a bit in the past but this was due also to the fact htat i ate those instant ones with the stuff added in, so im trying just pure oats. i hope that im ok with them as i miss oatmeal in the morning something feirce.

jmd3 Contributor
jmd3
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so there is a new news thingy on the side of the main website saying they did a clinical study and oats are 100% safe for celiac patients.. does this meen that oatmeal is safe?? o how i miss thee oatmeal

I used to eat oatmeal 3 times a week, loved it...of course that is before I got sick.

Now when I eat anything with oats, oatmeal, or even put lotion on containing oatmeal - I bloat real, real bad...and my skin gets very thin and tears from the lotion...

I wouldn't trust that statement nor eat oats!

GRUMP 1 Contributor
GRUMP 1
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I also have been fighting with this. To be or not to be. I think life would be so much easier if I could eat oats. But I react so much to things when I get stuff I should not have. I have just been to scared to try them. But it is oh so tempting.......... :(

Grump

darlindeb25 Collaborator
darlindeb25
Posted

Here is a little more info you may want to think about:

Here's this: Open Original Shared Link which contains this:

Oat is the only cereal containing a globulin or legume-like protein, avenalins, as the major (80%) storage protein. Globulins are characterized by water solubility; because of this property, oats may be turned into milk but not into bread. The more typical cereal proteins are gluten and prolamines. The minor protein of oat is a prolamine: avenin.

Oat protein is nearly equivalent in quality to soy protein, which has been shown by the World Health Organization to be the equal to meat, milk, and egg protein. The protein content of the hull-less oat kernel (groat) ranges from 12

dally099 Contributor
dally099
Posted

so had the oatmeal for brekky yesterday, no D but my tummy was still a little sore. my skin on my hands and feet is itching pretty good to, so thats it for me, i imagine if i was to reintroduce them full time that the D would come and my tummy would get pretty sore. i dont use any oatmeal skin stuff as i have enough skin issues.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

MOST oats are contaminated, this could be why some of you are having issues with them.

I would never use a skin care product that had oats because I'm sure they're contaminated.

You can't just go out and buy Quaker Oats ... you have to get something like McCann's that is not contaminated.

So, you may be reacting to the oats, but you may be reacting to contamination if you're eating the wrong oats.

I have no problem with oats, but I'm buying the pure stuff.

ENF Enthusiast
ENF
Posted

After avoiding oats for years, I just bought a box of gluten-fee oats, by Chateu Cream Hill Estates. The box contains a sheet titled, "Questionnaire - Pure, uncontaminated Oats in the Celiac Diet", and they ask that the customer fill it out and send it in. It consists of a number of questions regarding the celiac patient's symptoms, diagnosis, adherence to the gluten-free diet, age, whether the customer encountered any problems after consuming their oats, etc. This is a good company, because they care about their customers. There are also survey questions about other pure oats products that the customers would like to see in the future. I haven't tried them yet, but will do so tomorrow.

debmidge Rising Star
debmidge
Posted
You have to be sure to buy oats that are not contaminated. I just recently added oats back and have done fine with them. I buy McCann's.

Most oats are contaminated with wheat.

Carla

Would the McCann's happen to be the selection

McCann's Imported Quick Cooking Irish Oatmeal

In the 1 lb box?

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

According to the study a year or two ago, McCanns was one of the brands specifically tested, and some of the batches tested *did* have gliadin levels above 200ppm. McCanns does *not* say that they're oats are gluten free, just that they do not crop rotate with wheat on the same land and don't use the same milling facility.

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
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I was going to try the Cream Hills Estates oats as well, just so my non-gluten-free son could have some oatmeal cookies. I do all my baking gluten-free and just discovered these at my HFS. It is a Quebec company. There is also a company in Regina who is in cahoots (or should I say cah-oats :ph34r: ) with Shelly Case. They are called Only Oats.

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purplemom Apprentice
purplemom
Posted

I am so glad this topic was started. I have been debating with my Mother in law as to whether her oatmeal is gluten-free. She insists it is, but I am skeptical!! She eats Simply Granola by Chappaqua Crunch. It just says on the bag "made with organic oats". I tried to explain to her that does not mean they are not contaminated oats. Am I wrong here? Anyone ever tried this oatmeal? I'm so confused!!

Thanks

Cali

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

purplemom, you are correct. organic does not mean uncontaminated with wheat. you have no idea who simply granola gets their oats from, and if it's not advertising "gluten-free" oats... well, I'd bet money that they're not.

purplemom Apprentice
purplemom
Posted

Thanks! It gets touchy with my mother in law, but she hasn't been feeling well and I'm guessing the granola could be why.

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