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Dear Friends,

Thank you for your many responses. Most were very friendly. I will summarize
soon. It became clear to me that some people had not read the articles
(which are very brief) below, so I thought that I would include them here in
the body of the letter for greater visibility.

In short, if you eat oats and have no reaction, wonderful! I was simply
trying to help those people who may be hearing that "oats are safe" and yet
they are getting a definite reaction to eating oats. Some people report this
even when they eat the reportedly uncontaminated oats.

Again, I suggest the possibility that at least some celiac are reacting to
the uncontaminated oats themselves and not to wheat contamination in the
oats.

Antibodies to Oat Prolamines Found in Children with Celiac Disease
http://www.celiac.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=860&p_catid=14&
sid=91hH9H0md2jl3fD-44103217721.9e


Oats Induce Villous Atrophy in Some Celiacs
http://www.celiac.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=886


And if you would like to read many articles on oats, most of which suggest
that oats may be safe for celiac, then please click here:
http://www.celiac.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?p_catid=14&sid=91hH9H0md
59x9Gb-50103519334.6e

Sincerely,

Mary Kretzmann
Nevada City, CA

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