On a Gluten-free diet, can you eat oats?

Question

such as Quaker Oats? Why or why not? What cereals can you eat?

Answer 1

It is questionable.  There are some people that have Celiac disease that can eat oats and some can't.  In my experience people I know can not.  

"Researchers have been studying the safety of oats for people with celiac disease for over 20 years.

We now know that the majority of people with CD can safely eat oats – if the oats are uncontaminated with wheat, barley, rye, triticale, kamut, spelt and other grains that are closely related to wheat.

Pure, uncontaminated oats are a new agricultural product. Cream Hill Estates is proud to be the premier producer of pure oats."

I guess the question is how pure are the oats?  I don't think Quaker is a pure source since they make many other products containing oats.

Here is the website to a company that claims they make gluten free oats:

http://www.glutenfreeoats.com/

  

Answer 2

I think you are talking about coeliac disease,you can eat rice and also oats.

Answer 3

No to Quaker oats. They are cross contaminated with gluten containing grains in the field, harvesting,transport, and on production lines.

There are several companies that are now catering to people with intolerances and allergies. Bob's Red Mill is one of those companies. They have ELISA certified gluten free oats that are quite safe for people who have issues with gluten. They have dedicated fields, harvesters, transport and processing facilities. Go here:

http://www.bobsredmill.com/home.php

Oatmeal when they are free from contaminants are safe for most celiacs. What some people (celiacs or not) have an issue with is usually the protein avenin, or an additional oat sensitivity independent of celiac. It is way too long to write out, so I am sending you here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten_sens...

I am gluten, soy, and lactose intolerant, however I can eat oats without a single issue. Having oats back in my diet for the first time in years has been just a wonderful thing for nutrition and baking choices.

And as for hot cereals I can eat, well, anything done on gf lines and cert. gf. like bob's products. So, brown rice, buckwheat, corn grits, quiona, de-fatted soy grits (don't react, don't know why, lol!) , and mixes like Mighty Tasty Hot cereal (bob's), etc.

For grains themselves, I can eat anything that does not have gliadin. (no wheat,barley,rye,spelt, triticale, kamut, etc. or anything made from or derived from those products). It is easier to list what I can't have than what I can, it is a pretty long list!

Answer 4

Yes, so long as they have been processed in a gluten free facility, as otherwise they will be contaminated.

Get oats labeled "gluten free" which means they will be ok. Quaker Oats are probably not ok.

It was once thought that oats were not suitable for celiacs, but the most current research indicates that for the majority, oats are fine, provided they have not been contaminated during processing. Of course, there may be a small percentage that also have an intolerance to oats, but this would be an additional intolerance, not actually connected with gluten.

You can eat rice, corn (possibly, although many who are intolerant of gluten also can't take corn, like me for example), quinoa, millet, amaranth, soy, garbanzo bean/chick pea flour (besan), and many other grains, just not wheat, barley, rye and closely related ones like spelt.