Not exact matches
I used Farmer Direct Co-Op organic rolled
oats for this recipe
which are one
of the best
types of oat products I've ever had.
While they all come from the oat grain,
which grows on the oat plant, the processing the whole grains go through turns them into the many varied
types of oats.
I've opted to use two different
types of fermented dairy drinks, rather than juice (
which is often a part
of Bircher Muesli) to get a more diverse live culture strain in the
oats.
If you have the internet go on to the pubmed website and simply
type in «
oats and celiac disease» and read the many abstract summaries
of studies
which show that pure
oats are safe.
The
type of proteins causing the biggest adverse reactions seem to be gliadins,
which contain other proteins such as prolamins,
which are in many grains in various forms, including wheat, barley, rye, corn,
oats and sorghum.
Steel - cut
oats,
which take about 15 minutes to cook, contain more fiber than rolled
oats or instant varieties, but any
type of oatmeal is a healthy choice.
Since beta glucan is actually a class
of types of fiber,
of which there are multiple forms, I wonder if the immunomodulation benefit is specifically a function
of yeast - sources beta glucan and perhaps not other forms, such as those present in
oats or barely.
It is just the way the crop is treated
which creates the differences in the
types of oats.
Note that to avoid listing sugar as the first ingredient in their products, some sneaky food makers use multiple
types of sugar (e.g. honey, cane sugar, and brown rice syrup), each
of which alone may be smaller in volume than the ingredient listed first (e.g.
oats) even though taken together, sugar forms a far larger portion.
I used Farmer Direct Co-Op organic rolled
oats for this recipe
which are one
of the best
types of oat products I've ever had.