Is there such a thing as gluten-free/grain-free oatmeal?

dae_tona · 12-19-2006, 10:59 AM

I really enjoy oatmeal but know I can't tolerate the grain or glutens. I would really like to add it in as a post workout meal on my weight training days. Does such a product exist?

Dyan

Warrior Woman · 12-19-2006, 11:23 AM

Yes it does! I hear it is very expensive. Oats do NOT have gluten but because it is typically grown along with wheat, there is a 100% chance of cross contamination- that is why people with celiac and the such cant eat it. But there are farms that grow oats and oats only. I belive there are at least two in the US.

nonstickpam107 · 12-19-2006, 11:59 AM

I found a miller in my area (I live in an area that has Amish and this particular one does oats...and ONLY oats) that mills oats. I can get away with eating about 1/2 cup three times a week (and I have Celiac!).
Pam

Strawberry · 12-19-2006, 09:06 PM

As noted, a truly pure source of oatmeal won't have gluten in it.

But I think oats are considered a "grain", right?

nonstickpam107 · 12-20-2006, 05:58 AM

Strawberry, there are REAMS of new medical information about Celiac patients being able to eat oats now...many Celiac children are in study groups who are started on them when young, after diagnosis. It's said that oats may be the ONLY 'fiber source/grain' that Celiac patients may be able to consume'. I know I got a 'bad batch' at one time....and it was during an IgE flare up for ME and I went for about eight months without being able to eat them again.

I certainly would advise a CONFIRMED Celiac patient to go slow on them, make SURE they are from a gluten free source and to have your doctor monitor any type of adverse reaction. BUT...I've seen so MANY who lowcarb, and do their 'own plan' as opposed to adding foods back in in a timely manner (as per, say, Atkins' ladders in OWL) who have adverse reaction, with bloating and such when they start adding back. Those individuals usually do NOT have Celiac (although it's a great idea to stay on lowcarb if they think they may have)...but their GI tract and body just aren't 'used to' the added back foods.

If a person has followed lowcarbing to the book, added back in foods, exercises, they STILL may never want to put grains back in. But oats aren't looked at (by Celiac patients and doctors) like wheat, gluten, etc.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/334/13/865

Pam

MaWhit · 01-05-2007, 06:51 PM

McCann's imported Irish oats are gluten-free.

rose1 · 01-05-2007, 07:17 PM

Oats are a grain, but as others have said, you can find gluten-free ones.

The McCann's Irish Steel Cut Oats are the best.

12-19-2006, 10:59 AM	#1
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12-20-2006, 05:58 AM	#5
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12-19-2006, 11:23 AM	#2
Warrior Woman Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 116 Gallery: Warrior Woman Stats: 218/218/145 WOE: Clean Eating, Lots of FAT Start Date: 01 Jan 09	Yes it does! I hear it is very expensive. Oats do NOT have gluten but because it is typically grown along with wheat, there is a 100% chance of cross contamination- that is why people with celiac and the such cant eat it. But there are farms that grow oats and oats only. I belive there are at least two in the US.

12-19-2006, 11:59 AM	#3
nonstickpam107 Thyroid Patient Advocate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 13,937 Gallery: nonstickpam107 Stats: 230/116/120 (BF<26%) WOE: Started w/Atkins/Now BFFM Start Date: Nov. 23 2000	I found a miller in my area (I live in an area that has Amish and this particular one does oats...and ONLY oats) that mills oats. I can get away with eating about 1/2 cup three times a week (and I have Celiac!). Pam

12-19-2006, 09:06 PM	#4
Strawberry MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052 Gallery: Strawberry	As noted, a truly pure source of oatmeal won't have gluten in it. But I think oats are considered a "grain", right?

01-05-2007, 06:51 PM	#6
MaWhit Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: southern CO Posts: 236 Gallery: MaWhit WOE: healthy gluten-free sugar-free lower carb Start Date: April 2006	McCann's imported Irish oats are gluten-free.

01-05-2007, 07:17 PM	#7
rose1 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 15,967 Gallery: rose1 WOE: Vegetarian version of SB Start Date: June, 2005	Oats are a grain, but as others have said, you can find gluten-free ones. The McCann's Irish Steel Cut Oats are the best.