Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Grain Flaker for making rolled oats

Has anyone tried using a Grain " FLAKER " or Roller to make
their own rolled oats / flakes from Oat Groats ?

It seems to me that instead of buying Rapid Oats to make
porridge ( and other things ), that the nutrition of the oats
could be increased by Flaking them just prior to using .
A special machine needs to be purchased. I started to
research these last few days and am fascinated by the
idea of using a flaker. We might even be able to use
the flaker on other grains than oat groats to make
some sort of flakes for cereals and cookies.

But I have to wonder if there is some other processing
that is going on with store bought rolled oats ?

I am also interested in getting a Grain Mill for grinding
grains into flours to also increase nutrition. A sifter
can be bought to sift out the bran also. And with a
grain mill , rice flour and numerous other grains could
be ground fresh. This would mean the GERM layer
would be in the flour ground from wheat. I'm not
sure if this is ok for IBS people ?

There are 2 different types of machines,
flakers and grinders. But the increase in nutrition
is interesting, now that I am eating more soluble grains
that I would like to make the white bread better.
Myself I wanted to get both types of machines, but
start out with the Grain Flaker.

So a person could buy Organic oat groats or other grains,
and store in freezer, and just flake what you need .

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