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Gluten Free Oatmeal?

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mardigan
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I bought some Bob's Red Mill gluten free oatmeal to add to my 2 year old's daily kale smoothie. However, there is a disclaimer on the package that a small percentage of those with celiac disease may not tolerate even the purest of oats. I am reluctant now to add them because my son is 3 weeks into a gluten-free diet and has only had 3 bms a day(solid!) for the last three days and I don't want the oats to skew the results of his trial diet. He has no diagnosis (we are awaiting Enterolab results). Has anyone tried the gluten-free oats and reacted? Any feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Lisa

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I would wait. I just bought some gluten-free oatmeal last week. I ate 2 big bowl fulls in two days and haven't been the same since. Maybe I'm not used to eating that much fiber anymore because it went through me very fast. I wasn't sure if I got glutened, ate too much fiber or if I just can't tollerate oats. But I'm not going to try again until my stimach settles down.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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Personal opinion, I think it's too early. Also, I hear to try a small helping your first try.

We got the OK from the GI after my daughter was 6 months gluten free. Even then, she only had a small cookie (she's not much of an oatmeal fan) but she had no problems.

bear6954 Apprentice
bear6954
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There are companys that are only packaging and growing oats. I think you might be able to find them online. The research thinks that celiac patients can eat oats. I tried some on my son in pre packaged cereal - captian crunch. He had runny poops a few hours later. I am not sure if it is the fiber or what, but I am going to wait for a few more months. My son has been gluten free since May 08

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Darn210
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There are companys that are only packaging and growing oats. I think you might be able to find them online. The research thinks that celiac patients can eat oats. I tried some on my son in pre packaged cereal - captian crunch. He had runny poops a few hours later. I am not sure if it is the fiber or what, but I am going to wait for a few more months. My son has been gluten free since May 08

Oats are notoriously cross contaminated. If you are going to try oats, it should be certified gluten free oats. The oat ingredient in a mainstream cereal would not have come from gluten free oats. Also, be careful with something like Bob's Red Mill . . . that company makes both "oats" and "gluten-free oats" . . . make sure you're buying the right one.

. . . and I found my Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Oats at a Kroger (in the health food cereal section) but Whole Foods didn't carry them . . . go figure.

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I bought some Bob's Red Mill gluten free oatmeal to add to my 2 year old's daily kale smoothie. However, there is a disclaimer on the package that a small percentage of those with celiac disease may not tolerate even the purest of oats. I am reluctant now to add them because my son is 3 weeks into a gluten-free diet and has only had 3 bms a day(solid!) for the last three days and I don't want the oats to skew the results of his trial diet. He has no diagnosis (we are awaiting Enterolab results). Has anyone tried the gluten-free oats and reacted? Any feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Lisa

I'd wait at least 6 months to give everything a chance to heal just in case there is some issue.

2 years ago oatmeal was the only thing I could keep in my daugher before she was diagnosed. We went completely off of it until recently when I have started adding it in little by little to see if there is a reaction. (the gluten free kind)

My daughter is very verbal for her age and recently glutened herself knowingly so she is really able to describe what is going on with her. I waited until I was sure I would know the difference between whiny kid and glutened kid before trying it...... and she's been gluten free for 2 years

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