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Hi, Beth. I thought you were on a GF diet? Doesn't that mean you can't have oats either? Maybe I misunderstood...

I've only had Quaker oatmeal and I find that I can tolerate the instant oatmeal better. I think this is because the oats in instant oatmeal are finer cut, so they have been mechanically broken down which makes them easier to digest. (This is similar to an earlier discussion where Heather explained why cutting up, cooking, pureeing makes insolubles easier to digest.)

Quaker instant oatmeal has 3 g fiber: 2 insoluble, 1 soluble, but I eat it with 1 - 2 slices of french bread toast which adds 1-2 g of soluble fiber. I also have a Chocolate Peppermint Luna Bar as a prebreakfast which adds another 2 g soluble fiber and 1 g insoluble (from inulin which can be bothersome for some IBSers but I find I tolerate it well). So that gives me 3 g insoluble, 4-5 g soluble from my usual breakfast.

Anyhow, I'm not sure if this is much help since I'm IBS-D.

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