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I checked the websites of the CDF and GIG (the other two national
organizations in the US), the non-affiliated GSSF in Georgia, and the
national organizations in Australia, Ireland and the UK. All of them forbid
oats outright except the Coeliac Society in the UK. Everyone interested in
this question should visit
http://www.coeliac.co.uk/medical/guidelines/index.html and read carefully
what they have to say. Despite saying that adults may be able to tolerate a
limited amount of oats, they still say that the oat prolamin (avenin) is
toxic, just less toxic than the prolamins in wheat, barley and rye.

To me, that's like saying, yeah, it's rat poison all right, but it's less
potent than other rat poisons. No thanks! But each individual needs to make
his or her own decisions.

Dave Westheimer
Minneapolis, MN, USA

> Is there still an oats controversy (aside from the CSA)? Do any of the
> experts out there feel that we could add them to the diet? And if so, is
> anybody going to check the uncontaminated status of different oat
> products?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Bobbi, wondering about oats, in Baltimore, MD, USA