Gluten free oatmeal! (allergies, physician, diet, symptom)

[CosmicWizard]

Awhile back, there was a thread discussing Celiac disease and the problems associated with the consumption of gluten. Someone mentioned their disappointment upon learning that oatmeal contained gluten. This past weekend, I happened to notice a gluten free oatmeal product on the shelves at the Vitamin Cottage, so I noted the product name and did a google search to find it online. Here is a link to a source of Gluten Free Oatmeal online.

[southward bound]

Originally Posted by NewAgeRedneck

Awhile back, there was a thread discussing Celiac disease and the problems associated with the consumption of gluten. Someone mentioned their disappointment upon learning that oatmeal contained gluten. This past weekend, I happened to notice a gluten free oatmeal product on the shelves at the Vitamin Cottage, so I noted the product name and did a google search to find it online. Here is a link to a source of Gluten Free Oatmeal online.

That's very interesting. Thank you for posting. I'm into an excellent book on this subject (not just celiac disease, but gastrointestinal in general including IBS, Chron's, etc.) and am amazed to find that there are a lot of things that interfere with digestion and gluten isn't the only ingredient that can cause a gradual deterioration of the intestines' ability to absorb. It's a cycle with many things perpetuating it once it starts. I'm finally starting to understand what actually happens in the intestine. The book is "Breaking the Vicious Cycle - Intestinal Health Through Diet", by Elaine Gottscall, B.A., M.Sc. It contains a supplement, The Celiac Story. Someone who has this condition highly recommended the book, and I agree - it is an excellent source for understanding, and possible diet changes to consider, in consultation with your physician.

Thanks again for that about oatmeal.

[Drrick]

i know theory and reality can be quite different.. but.. although oatmeal has a high gluten content..
research indicates.. most people with celiac can tolerate oatmeal...
any feedback on this?

[CosmicWizard]

I know very little about Celiac dis-ease, so I have no meaningful answer to your question. I just wanted to let it be known that oatmeal is available as a gluten free alternative.

[VillageLife]

Very interesting,I will look into it.

[mahir]

vary interststing

[Drrick]

Originally Posted by southward bound

That's very interesting. Thank you for posting. I'm into an excellent book on this subject (not just celiac disease, but gastrointestinal in general including IBS, Chron's, etc.) and am amazed to find that there are a lot of things that interfere with digestion and gluten isn't the only ingredient that can cause a gradual deterioration of the intestines' ability to absorb. It's a cycle with many things perpetuating it once it starts. I'm finally starting to understand what actually happens in the intestine. The book is "Breaking the Vicious Cycle - Intestinal Health Through Diet", by Elaine Gottscall, B.A., M.Sc. It contains a supplement, The Celiac Story. Someone who has this condition highly recommended the book, and I agree - it is an excellent source for understanding, and possible diet changes to consider, in consultation with your physician.

Thanks again for that about oatmeal.

you know... its funny... not too many years ago mainstream medicine said that "leaky gut syndrome" was impossible and it was only something made up by alternative med guys. now, today, they recognize it. anti inflammatory drugs, and even otc NSAIDs can worsen this condition...
leading to food allergies that were not present before... also leading to auto immune disorders, and systemic inflammation.
I think you are right on, with choosing that book to read... its amazing how much damage can be done when your interstinals our not healthy.
reading a quote by a famous physician in the UK (i believe) and he said in the 100,000 autopsies he had done, maybe less than 3% had healthy intestines! so i guess the old saying about "death begins in the gut" is true.
thanks for the info on the book. i am glad more and more people are starting to realize how important intestinal health is!

[southward bound]

Originally Posted by Drrick

you know... its funny... not too many years ago mainstream medicine said that "leaky gut syndrome" was impossible and it was only something made up by alternative med guys. now, today, they recognize it. anti inflammatory drugs, and even otc NSAIDs can worsen this condition...
leading to food allergies that were not present before... also leading to auto immune disorders, and systemic inflammation.
I think you are right on, with choosing that book to read... its amazing how much damage can be done when your interstinals our not healthy.
reading a quote by a famous physician in the UK (i believe) and he said in the 100,000 autopsies he had done, maybe less than 3% had healthy intestines! so i guess the old saying about "death begins in the gut" is true.
thanks for the info on the book. i am glad more and more people are starting to realize how important intestinal health is!

Thanks for that encouragement. I'm new to this, and amazed at how much damage can already be done before you even are aware of anything at all going on. Then, when you just don't always feel right, and you shrug it off to "must have been something I ate", and you go on the same old way, feeling pretty much OK most of time, except for occasional episodes, you are unknowingly continuing to damage the intestines. This is such an intricate, perfectly balanced, beautifully working system but we ingest things to break it down over time. Read the labels on our foods and you'll see what kind of stuff is being sold to us under the guise of easy-to-prepare and convenient, and we fall for it because we are busy, or lazy, or uninformed or all of the above. I've been in that class and am just beginning to understand the magnitude of the problem. We can't hardly find good, nutritious, wholesome food anymore. Almost everything that is packaged has fillers, extenders, starches, stuff that isn't on the label, and some of which can further harm an already struggling digestive system. Even vitamins and medicines have binders and fillers that we don't know about because they don't have to be indicated on the labels.

One family physician told me that most of the complaints about the GI tract never get diagnosed. They're tossed into the bucket they conveniently call Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and people continue to struggle along trying to identify the foods that cause them problems they can feel/see, so that they can avoid them. Foods they think they can eat are causing further damage -- and they are oblivious until some new sign or symptom shows up. It may take years, but as a result overall health suffers in the meantime.