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On Oct 19, 1995 14:09:13, '"Donald D. Kasarda" <[log in to unmask]>'
wrote:
 
>I will remind people that it is easy for oats to be contaminated with wheat
>both in the field and in processing.
>
>I have no reason to think that oats must be limited to small amounts, but,
>of course, it isn't good to focus one's diet too much on a single
>food, so moderation of the normal sort is probably good.
 
Commercial oats are used routinely by large food companies many of whom
have already shown they don't care about celiacs. Any oat products that I
may eat (oatmeal!!) after reading the NEJM article will come from a small
supplier that I can trust.
 
More later on "cross contamination" and cleaning of production lines when
gluten containing foods are also handled,  I've replaced Quaker grits with
Arrowhead Mills corn grits, a much tastier product. I'm waiting for written
material from them and Pacific Grain and will then report on  very
satisfying conversations with the president of Arrowhead and the celiac
aware person at Pacific. The president even had heard that breathing gluten
containing dust was bad for celiacs.
 
                               Kemp Randolph
                               Long Island
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