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Oct. 18, 2004 -- The on-again, off-again relationship between people with
celiac disease and oats may be off again.
For years, people with the chronic immune system disorder were told to avoid
oats as well as wheat, rye, and barley.
The reason for the food ban: gluten, a form of protein found in some grains.
Gluten may cause damage to the lining of the small intestine in celiac
disease  patients, leading to malnutrition and a host of other chronic medical
conditions.
Oats fell back into favor when studies suggested they didn't cause the
intestinal inflammation and symptoms seen in celiac disease after all. Now, the
tide may be turning again.
Researchers in Norway studied nine adults with celiac disease who had eaten
oats in the past. Four participants had symptoms of abdominal bloating or
diarrhea. Three of those four patients had "intestinal inflammation typical of
celiac disease at the time of oats exposure," write the resea
_http://my.webmd.com/content/article/95/103344.htm_
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I can't eat oats so no nasty mail please. I'm just sending this along for the
 information.
Ro (NJ)

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