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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
Dear List:
There has been discussion recently on this list about the possible (and
I repeat "possible") safety of oats in the celiac diet.
As a test, for the first time since diagnosis, we decided to make
oatmeal for breakfast. I selected, as carefully as I could, which
oatmeal to buy. I chose Quaker Oats (cooks in 1 minute) brand. The
package boasts:
"For over 100 years, Quaker oats has had just one ingredient: pure
whole grain oats. Nothing added, nothing taken out...."
Ingredients list 100% natural rolled oats.
True, I did not call the company and I am aware of the possibility of
cross-contamination with wheat in the fields. It would be an overseas
call for me and I also didn't want to be put on hold by some rude
operator.
I just took the company at its word.
Within 4 hours, my son (6) had vomitted up his entire breakfast cerael.
He isn't sensitive to anything but the gluten-containing grains and
hasn't had a vomitting experience since we went off the challenge test
9 months ago.
So, please think twice before trying the experiment. Make sure you're
near a bathroom, just in case.
I'd be real interested in hearing if anyone else has had a reaction to
oats in general, or Quaker in particular.
Happy weekending,
Sharon Marcus
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