Oat fiber - where to buy

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Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Code3 » Wed Oct 14, 2015 6:21 pm

Does anyone feed it for ulcer prevention? I'm trying to find some and so far have not located any locally. I can order it on the internet but shipping is half as much as cost. Any suggestions on where to find it? Thanks!!

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Canyon » Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:14 pm

I think I remember someone on UDBB saying they used a food processor to grind up oatmeal to make an oat flour, and they fed that with good results. Unfortunately, I can't verify that for you now.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby digihorse » Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:30 pm

You can buy Oat Flour from Honeyville. http://shop.honeyville.com/oat-flour.html Its $4.99 shipping, flat rate, UPS. Did the home made for a while... to much of a PITA long term. This is good flour... you can buy a storage bin at "cheap place of choice" to put it in. Keeps for a year. I go through 1 about every 6 months... although I also use the oat flour for making my horse cookies instead of wheat flour.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Code3 » Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:14 pm

So is the oat flour comparable to oat fiber? Still fed at 1/4 cup a day?

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby digihorse » Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:38 pm

Same thing. What you are looking for is the Beta Glucan which is in the oat flour/fiber. That is the special sauce in the Succeed that you pay fortunes for. And yes... I feed about 1/4 to half a cup. I just mix it in the oats with a little water... so it sticks.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Code3 » Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:33 am

thanks digi. I ordered from Honeyville. Great shipping rate.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Rooney » Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:21 am

I also use Honeyville. I have a horse who gets ulcery when shipped and this helps a lot with that as well.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Code3 » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:42 am

Thanks guys. It arrived today. :-)

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Larbear » Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:24 pm

Code3, you have a pm :)

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby vkitty » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:08 pm

This is perhaps a stupid question, but why not just feed 1/4 cup rolled oats instead of grinding it into flour?

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Code3 » Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:13 am

My guess it is a coating/absorption issue.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby digihorse » Sun Nov 29, 2015 4:49 am

My understanding is that the oats need to ground to release the betaglucan that is what works on the gut. I asked the same question back when.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Avola » Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:13 am

Shoot, just saw this.....H&E Feeds in Eugene sells oat groats by the 50lbs bag at $9.00 per bag. You can use a coffee grinder to make oat flour. Works like a charm.

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Code3 » Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:21 pm

Avola wrote:Shoot, just saw this.....H&E Feeds in Eugene sells oat groats by the 50lbs bag at $9.00 per bag. You can use a coffee grinder to make oat flour. Works like a charm.

Good to know. Next time. Thanks!

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby digihorse » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:40 am

Avola wrote:Shoot, just saw this.....H&E Feeds in Eugene sells oat groats by the 50lbs bag at $9.00 per bag. You can use a coffee grinder to make oat flour. Works like a charm.

Hah! I tried the do it yourself method. At 1/4 cup per day... it just took too much time. :cry: Not too proud to say Nope, I'll pay for someone to do that job for me. :mrgreen:

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Re: Oat fiber - where to buy

Postby Avola » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:40 am

Ah but that's because you used a regular coffee grinder ;)
If you get the kind that has a reservoir, it'll grind up to a full cup at the time 8-)


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