Hello everyone, hope you've all been out enjoying the lovely sunny weather lately.  This week I am taking a look at Oats in the coeliac diet.

Oats

The World Gastroenterology Organisation (2007) states that the inclusion one serving per day of pure, uncontaminated oats in the gluten-free diet is safe in the majority of coeliacs (95%) with only a small proportion (5%) having a sensitivity to the protein found in oats.



However, oats produced in Ireland are likely to be contaminated with gluten from other grains during the growing, transport or milling processes and are, therefore, not suitable on the gluten-free diet. There are 3 brands of pure, uncontaminated oats suitable for consumption by the majority of coeliacs on the market you can find these out by going to the Coeliac Society of Irelands web page; conventional oats should not be included in the gluten-free diet.

Pure, uncontaminated oats should not be included in the diets of newly diagnosed coeliacs, they should only be introduced to the diet when the client is symptom-free and serology is negative, and should be avoided during episodes of gastroenteritis. Clients should receive regular follow-up when introducing oats into the gluten-free diet, ideally including small bowel biospy.

Until next week.. happy, healty eating.

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