oat may hurt like gluten
with avenin.
Not exact matches
It seems some folks
with celiacs disease or severe gluten intolerance are also intolerant to
avenin, the protein found in oats, and thus need to avoid it.
If you still struggle
with gastrointestinal upsets after eating gluten - free oats or oatmeal, you may have
Avenin to blame, says Dr. Barbara Griffin of Vital Health Inc..
With oats,, only 1 in 5 coeliacs can not tolerate oat gluten - which is called
Avenin.
Our study was able to establish the parts of oat
avenins that cause an immune response in people
with celiac disease.»
The question of whether oats are toxic for people
with celiac disease is controversial, but because oats contain proteins, called
avenins, that are similar to gluten, oats are excluded from the gluten - free diet in Australia.
The main problems
with oats are the phytic acid and the
avenin, a protein in the prolamine family (along
with gluten from wheat, rye, and barley, and zein, from corn).
There are recipes that use gluten free oats; the naturally present
avenin in oats isn't suitable for some people
with celiac disease.
One might claim them to be gluten - free as well, but there's a debate on
avenin in oats — some people
with celiac disease can tolerate gluten from uncontaminated oat products, but others react
with an autoimmune response.