Trust Your Oats by Dale Tenhulzen

What happens to an oat before it becomes the whole grain that reaches your breakfast bowl? In Season 3, Episode 2 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Hull, Dale Tenhulzen explores one of the least discussed but most important stages of oat processing: removing the tough outer hull. An oat arrives from the field with an inedible protective casing that represents roughly 28–32% of the kernel, while the nu...

What can the genetic blueprint of an oat tell us about better crops, gluten-free safety, and the future of oat breeding? Season 3 of Trust Your Oats begins by going deeper into the parts of the seed-to-shelf story that are rarely discussed. In Episode 1, Trust the Genome, Dale Tenhulzen explores the surprisingly complex genetics of the cultivated oat and what scientists learned when a high-quality...

Does “gluten-free” mean the same thing everywhere in the world? In Season 2, Episode 12 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Neighbor, Dale Tenhulzen explores how gluten-free labeling laws change across national borders—and why the same bag of oats may be legally labeled gluten-free in one country but prohibited from carrying that claim in another. The episode begins with Codex Alimentarius, the internat...

Why does the crop planted last year matter so much to the safety, health, and sustainability of this year’s oats? In Season 2, Episode 11 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Rotation, Dale Tenhulzen explores how crop rotation supports soil health while also serving as one of the first safeguards in the Purity Protocol gluten-free system. Before oats are planted, farmers must understand what grew in the...

Trust the Future | Trust Your Oats What will the future of food look like—and why are oats positioned to play an increasingly important role? In the Season 2 finale of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Future, Dale Tenhulzen explores the trends shaping tomorrow's food system, from the rapid growth of oat milk and consumer demand for transparency to the expanding role of regenerative agriculture in addres...

Trust the Gut | Trust Your Oats What happens after you eat a bowl of oats—and why does gut health depend on more than just avoiding gluten? In Season 2, Episode 9 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Gut, Dale Tenhulzen explores the remarkable relationship between oats, the gut microbiome, and overall health. The episode explains how the trillions of microorganisms living in the digestive system influenc...

Trust the Badge | Trust Your Oats What do food certifications actually mean—and how can consumers tell the difference between marketing claims and meaningful standards? In Season 2, Episode 8 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Badge, Dale Tenhulzen explores the evolving world of food certifications, beginning with the USDA Organic standard and extending into the rapidly growing movement behind Regenera...

Trust the Batch | Trust Your Oats How do you know a batch of oats is truly gluten-free—and why can testing alone sometimes be misleading? In Season 2, Episode 7 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Batch, Dale Tenhulzen takes a deep dive into the science behind gluten testing and the challenges of verifying food safety at scale. The episode explores how the R5 ELISA method became the global standard for...

Trust the System | Trust Your Oats How do you prove that gluten-free oats remain safe from the field all the way to the grocery shelf? In Season 2, Episode 6 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the System, Dale Tenhulzen explores the modern systems of traceability, testing, and documentation that protect the integrity of the gluten-free supply chain. The episode examines how food traceability evolved from f...

Trust the Community | Trust Your Oats What does it really mean to live gluten-free—and how does a medical diagnosis reshape everyday life? In Season 2, Episode 5 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Community, Dale Tenhulzen shifts the focus from science and agriculture to the people living with celiac disease and gluten intolerance every day. The episode explores the emotional, social, and financial rea...

Trust the Kitchen | Trust Your Oats How do you turn oats from a simple breakfast into one of the most versatile ingredients in your kitchen? In Season 2, Episode 4 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Kitchen, Dale Tenhulzen brings the entire journey—from soil to science to performance—into everyday cooking. The episode explores how different oat forms—steel-cut, rolled, and quick—are created from the sa...

Trust the Athlete | Trust Your Oats What does it take to fuel performance—and why does the purity of your food matter as much as the fuel itself? In Season 2, Episode 3 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Athlete, Dale Tenhulzen explores the role of clean, uncontaminated oats in supporting physical performance, endurance, and recovery. The episode breaks down how the body stores and uses energy through...

Trust the Soil | Trust Your Oats What if the most important ingredient in your food isn’t on the label—but beneath your feet? In Season 2, Episode 2 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Soil, Dale Tenhulzen shifts the focus from the lab to the land, exploring how soil health directly shapes the quality, nutrition, and sustainability of the food we eat. The episode reveals the complex, living ecosystem wi...

Trust the Science | Trust Your Oats Why is a strict gluten-free diet often not enough—and what does the future of celiac disease treatment look like? In Season 2, Episode 1 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Science, Dale Tenhulzen explores the latest research shaping the future of celiac care. Building on the foundation of Season 1, this episode shifts focus from process to progress—examining why even...

Trust the Oat | Trust Your Oats What’s the difference between steel-cut, rolled, quick oats, groats, and oat flour—and how do you choose the right one? In Episode 10 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Oat, Dale Tenhulzen brings the entire seed-to-shelf journey to its conclusion by focusing on the final product itself. The episode explains how every oat begins as a whole groat and how simple mechanical...

Trust the Pledge | Trust Your Oats What does it really mean to pledge that food is glyphosate-free—and how is that promise enforced in practice? In Episode 9 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Pledge, Dale Tenhulzen explains the operational meaning behind a glyphosate-free commitment. The episode explores why glyphosate is commonly found in conventional oats, how pre-harvest desiccation contributes to...

Trust the Badge | Trust Your Oats What do food certifications really mean—and how do you know which ones go beyond marketing? In Episode 8 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Badge, Dale Tenhulzen demystifies the certifications commonly found on food packaging, explaining what they actually represent and how they connect to real-world practices. The episode begins with USDA Organic, breaking down what t...

Trust the Batch | Trust Your Oats How is “verified gluten-free” actually proven—and why can a single test result be misleading? In Episode 7 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Batch, Dale Tenhulzen breaks down what batch-level verification really means in gluten-free oats. The episode explains how modern gluten testing works, why the industry relies on ELISA methods, and how standards such as 20 parts...

Trust the Mill | Trust Your Oats What happens when gluten-free oats leave the farm and enter the most controlled environment in the entire Purity Protocol? In Episode 6 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Mill, the focus moves inside a dedicated gluten-free milling facility. Led by Dale Tenhulzen , the episode explains why true gluten-free integrity cannot be maintained in shared mills—and how facility...

Trust the Truckload | Trust Your Oats What happens when gluten-free oats leave the farm—and how is purity protected while they’re in motion? In Episode 5 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Truckload, the focus shifts to quality assurance beyond the field. Guided by Dale Tenhulzen , the episode explores how inbound testing, documentation, and logistics decisions determine whether a truckload of oats is...

Trust the Harvest | Trust Your Oats Why does harvest represent the greatest risk in producing truly gluten-free oats? In Episode 4 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Harvest, host Dale Tenhulzen examines the most critical—and most vulnerable—stage of the gluten-free oat journey. After a season of careful planning, clean seed, field isolation, and in-season inspections, harvest is the moment when all th...

Trust the Field | Trust Your Oats What happens after a pure seed is planted in a clean field—and how is purity protected throughout the growing season? In Episode 3 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Field, host Dale Tenhulzen steps into the growing season to explore what “Purity Protocol growing” looks like in real life. The episode focuses on the active, hands-on work required to protect gluten-free...

Trust the Seed | Trust Your Oats Where does gluten-free trust really begin—and why does it start long before planting? In Episode 2 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Seed, host Dale Tenhulzen explores the earliest and most foundational step in producing truly gluten-free oats: seed integrity and field readiness. The episode explains why conventional oat seed cannot be assumed to be clean, and how cert...

Trust the Label | Trust Your Oats What does “gluten-free” really mean—and why is that promise especially complex when it comes to oats? In Episode 1 of Trust Your Oats, Trust the Label, host Dale Tenhulzen examines what the gluten-free label guarantees under U.S. law, what it doesn’t, and why oats require far more than a claim on a package to be truly safe for people with celiac disease. The episo...