whole grain oats including oat bran

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whole grain oats including oat bran

by Carol Sweeney
(San Diego, CA)

I'm on a gluten free diet, can I eat the above on this diet? These oats are in a cereal that I love but not sure if they are ok and my acupunturist isn't sure either (he put me on the diet).

Thanks,

Carol

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Jan 17, 2011
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by: Theresa

Oats in the G-free diet is quite a controversial topic!
On one hand, they don't ACTUALLY contain gluten. So therefore should be safe.

But if you've got coeliacs you should keep them out of your diet because:
1) they can be cross contaminated really, really easily with gluten grains
2) they contain a protein called avenin which is really similar to gluten. Some people don't find it to be a problem, but others find that their body reacts to it just the same as gluten.

It's tough because oats are really good for you (if you can tolerate them!) - so I suppose it depends on your level of problems with gluten and how relaxed you are with the diet.

Hope that helps!

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