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Here are the responses to my posting "Study Confirms Oat Tolerance in CD
Adults":

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Thank you.  I ran my own study several years ago when I ate oatmeal every
day for two weeks for breakfast without any adverse effects.  Plain old
supermarket oatmeal, not health food store oatmeal.

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Thanks for posting that!  I guess that puts the oats controversy to rest, at
least for me.

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well, that's dandy, "uncontaminated oats" you say. now where should we shop
for those?

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Terrific article!  Thank you for posting it.  It's not the first study I've
seen and have personally been convinced for some time through information
learned primarily from CDF www.celiac.org /Email: [log in to unmask]  The type
of article which you've posted for 'all' really helps to broaden the dietary
possibilities for anyone willing to modify old mind sets with new factual
statistics.  Most of us were taught oats were not ok and while there is a
always a chance that they may bother some due to other intolerances or even
difficulties with high fiber foods, most celiacs can have oats (IMO).

The Celiac community's long time friend and cereal scientist, Donald D.
Kasarda, Ph.D, has given presentations at numerous celiac conferences
indicating that oats appear to be non-toxic to celiacs with possible
cross-contamination being the only issue we need to be careful of in North
America.  I believe the article you've posted may be one of those which he
has also cited.  According to some list members "Old Wessex" brand has the
-no wheat- symbol right on the package.  "McCann's Oatmeal" / www.mccanns.ie
(manufactured in Ireland where they are less preoccupied with wheat
production) is another choice of oats likely to free from cross
contamination & therefore safe for celiacs.  Quaker Oats is also quite
likely to fall within the US government GF standard although I don't
believe Quaker has claimed this as yet.  I do know others with CD/DH who
use Quaker's regularly without difficulties and their follow-up blood work
indicates dietary
compliance.

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I just tried McCanns  Oatmeal until i finished the box
ONly reactions i had again was depression and mood swings.
Nowm i am not eating and  I am my normal self once again

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The problem, as I understood it, wasn't intolerance to oats, but that it is
nearly impossible to obtain uncontaminated oats. I've been told by
manufacturers that the trucks that carry oats also carry other grains, and
despite cleaning out the trucks, contamination is possible. I also have
read that the farmers rotate crops. In fact, I've seen this occur in
Maryland. You can often see random wheat stalks sticking up in a field of
something else, the wheat from previous seasons.
Do you or anyone else have a suggestion for this part of the problem?

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As a mother of 4 children, 3 of whom are celacs, I have wondered about the
oats question.  My Celiac children range from 17 1/2, 13, to 11 years of
age.  They are bored with eating the same things over and over.  The oldest
is very sensitive and I know if he could tolerate oats there must not be
any connection to his gluten intolerance.  How long was this study for?
What possibility do you think there is for a study using a very large
population of celiacs?  Do you think it would take a study like that to
create a permanent change in what the medical doctors recommend?

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