Chicken Gluten Free ? Oats Ok ?

[undiagnosedillness]

Every list I read is different I'm so confused.

Is chicken ok to eat, same with Oats ?

Is there a list somewhere I could go off that really makes this gluten free diet a little easier ?

I've been eating alot of chicken and fresh vegies, then told Chicken has gluten in it, so I need to look for Gluten free chicken................. conflicting advice on and off line, any help with these issues would be terrific.

Also I miss my toast and vegemite would kill for some nice toast , any tips on finding some yummy gluten free bread ?

Cheers

Samantha

[ravenwoodglass]

For bread I really like Grainless Baker and Kinnickinnick is okay if they are out of GB.

As far as chicken goes I get fresh, unprocessed chicken with no broth added to it. I stay away from the frozen bulk packages of chicken and just buy fresh in bulk when chicken is on sale and freeze it myself in one meal quantities. I also go with organic when I can to avoid the antibiotics and other stuff they force in to factory raised poultry but that isn't a gluten issue.

[kareng]

Chicken is gluten-free. It is possible that it has something added. In the States it it is required by law to list if they add anything, so you can find chicken with nothing added.

[dilettantesteph]

Only a small percentage of celiacs react to oats. I'm one of them. Still, most recommend not trying them until you have healed because they are hard to digest with a damaged system. You also need to get special gluten free ones if you are at all sensitive to cross contamination.

Chicken should be O.K., unless you are very sensitive to cc. You won't know that for awhile. Don't worry about that now.

Have you eliminated dairy? Most celiacs are intolerant at first because of their damaged system. You can try to reintroduce it after you have healed.

I'm sorry that it can be so confusing. Different celiacs react to different levels of gluten. That really does confuse things. It was confusing for me too.

[heatherjane]

Every list I read is different I'm so confused.

Is chicken ok to eat, same with Oats ?

Is there a list somewhere I could go off that really makes this gluten free diet a little easier ?

I've been eating alot of chicken and fresh vegies, then told Chicken has gluten in it, so I need to look for Gluten free chicken................. conflicting advice on and off line, any help with these issues would be terrific.

Also I miss my toast and vegemite would kill for some nice toast , any tips on finding some yummy gluten free bread ?

Cheers

Samantha

These lists should help you: https://www.celiac.com/celiac-disease/safe-gluten-free-food-list-safe-ingredients-r181/

[mommida]

You will have to decide about oats. Most oats processed in the US are considered too cross contaminated to be safe. Now if you find certified gluten free oats you may be sensitive to oats as they protein chain is not that different from gluten's protein chain. Your body may react to oats.

If you are going to try oats, go slowly. Make sure you are strichtly gluten free and won't confuse what you may be reacting to. I hadn't had oats for over 6 years tried up to 1/4 and one spoonful more and about 6 hours later was feeling quite ill. So it could be a matter of building up a certain tolerance level too.

Good luck! It's a personal decision for every Celiac.

[Skylark]

The big problem with oats is wheat sprouting in the fields. There is no way to tell the plants apart. Plus the same harvesting machinery and elevators are used. Gluten-free oats are grown in fields that never have wheat rotated in, are harvested separately, and are tested for gluten just in case of CC. As Steph mentioned, some celiacs do react to oats.

I've never seen gluten in chicken in the US. I supposed there's a tiny chance you'd run across broth injected chicken where there was gluten on the broth but as everyone else says, it has to be declared on the label.

[Roda]

Chicken should be safe. From my understanding, and someone correct me if I am wrong please, is that any grain has to be listed in a meat product if it is added, thus can not hide in the "natural flavors". If it it isn't listed then it isn't in there. But do watch out for stuff that is marinated or broth and read the lables, because those things could have gluten in them. I'm sure you know don't eat the breaded stuff. As for oats, I would wait until you heal for maybe at least 6 months to try them out and definately get the certified gluten free ones. I tried them after 7 months on the diet and I am sad to say I reacted very badly to them, so no certified gluten free oats for me. My reaction was HORRIBLE! Don't be discouraged by that because there are plenty of celiac/gluten intolerent people who eat them without problems.

[cap6]

Question ~ the comment was made that different celiacs react to different levels of gluten. I understand levels of sensitivity but if a crumb is ingested doesn't it cause the same level of damage? Trying to figure this all out......................

[dilettantesteph]

Question ~ the comment was made that different celiacs react to different levels of gluten. I understand levels of sensitivity but if a crumb is ingested doesn't it cause the same level of damage? Trying to figure this all out......................

Good question. Damage and symptoms don't seem to be related directly. I have to be crazy careful not to have symptoms and some have no symptoms at all. Sometimes damage shows up later. I don't think anyone has it figured out.

There was that Fasano study Open Original Shared Link on full text to see the full article) which suggested that most celiacs could tolerate up to 50 mg/day without damage. But, “One patient (challenged with 10 mg gluten) developed a clinical relapse". I think that he only looked for intestinal damage. I don't know if that matters. Maybe we show damage at different levels.

[ravenwoodglass]

Chicken should be safe. From my understanding, and someone correct me if I am wrong please, is that any grain has to be listed in a meat product if it is added, thus can not hide in the "natural flavors".

Grain that is added must be declared. This was written into regs because some companies way back when would add grain products to meat to 'stretch it' but that hasn't been allowed since I was a little kid. That was a looong time ago.

But if there was for example barley malt, highly unlikely but possible, in the broth that would be considered a flavoring and it wouldn't have to be disclosed. This is more if a concern IMHO with the prebasted turkeys than chicken. Almost all the chicken that is fresh and unprocessed is safe. I always err on the side of caution since my reactions are very severe so in the rare event that I would want a chicken with broth on the label I call the company. But since there is chicken available without added broth I take the lazy way out most times and just buy that.

[lovegrov]

Ravenwood, in all the years I've had celiac disease and checked prebasted turkeys, I've never found one with gluten. I guess it could still happen, but it seems really, really unlikely.

richard

[HappyGrandma]

Well oatmeal is out for me. Ate some this am and it was Katie bar the door. Yuck won't do that again. I think it's going to be Meat, Veggies and Fruit for me Period!!!

[undiagnosedillness]

Thanks for the information everyone it will take some time to get the hang of, but this forum is packed full of wonderful helpful people that are making it much easier to convert

Cheers

Samantha

[Juliebove]

The problem with lists is that you can't really go by them. Things change all the time.

Plain, raw chicken would be fine. If the chicken is pre-cooked, you need the check the ingredients. Some of it does contain wheat. Even the chicken in restaurants is suspect. Most fast food chicken contains wheat even if it looks like it wouldn't. I get my daughter some Foster Farms pre-cooked chicken strips that are gluten free. They are sometimes located with the deli meats in the stores but other times are sold in the section with ham steaks. She can eat these cold from the package, or heat for a minute in the microwave and then eat with some rice or potatoes or gluten-free pasta.

Regular oats are probably no good because it is likely they are cross contaminated with gluten. But there are a few brands of gluten-free oatmeal out there. We eat it with no problem. But daughter does not have celiac. She has a wheat allergy. From what I have read, some celiacs do have a problem even with gluten-free oats. So make sure that what you buy does say gluten-free on it and perhaps eat just a small amount to start with to see how you do with it.