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  • Title: Should coeliac sufferers be allowed their oats?
    Author: Ellis HJ, Ciclitira PJ.
    Journal: Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol; 2008 Jun; 20(6):492-3. PubMed ID: 18467904.
    Abstract:
    (Table is included in full-text article). The suitability of oats as part of a gluten-free diet is controversial. Contamination of many oats products with wheat, rye and particularly barley, together with inadequacy of available gluten-testing systems may account, at least in part, for the confusion. Some clear evidence has, however, emerged in the past few years that a small number of gluten-sensitive patients display a specific small intestinal T cell response to oat peptides that cannot be explained by contamination with other cereals. Oats could form a potentially useful part of a gluten-free diet, but patients require careful advice and monitoring, backed by robust gluten-assay techniques.
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