Is Maggi seasoning sauce gluten free?
Updated January 2024. Maggi seems to have updated their Polish Maggi variety and it now lists wheat..
The keto diet is a low-carb high-fat diet that takes advantage of the metabolic state of ketosis. Because of the reduction of carbs, including bread products, the diet is naturally low in gluten but not necessarily gluten free.
The aim of a keto diet is to force your body to enter ketosis, which is a metabolic state that causes your body to use fat for fuel rather than carbs. This is achieved by severely limiting carb consumption to about 20-50 grams per day and instead eating a diet high in fat and moderate in protein.
A keto diet is often used as a way to lose weight, and has been shown to be more effective than a low fat diet. There is also evidence that a keto diet can help control blood sugar and increase insulin sensitivity. Other health benefits may include reductions of seizures in epileptic children, as well as slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. If you do want to try out a keto diet and you also have diabetes or other serious health conditions, please check with your doctor first. To learn more about keto diets and determine if they’re a good fit for you, I recommend checking out this article from Wholesome Yum.
While a keto diet is almost always gluten free due to the removal of grains, there are still some sneaky sources of gluten that could be included in keto foods. Be sure to check labels for things like jerky, soup, prepackaged low-carb bread and snacks, and sausages, because these are common keto foods that could include gluten.
As long as you stay away from these few sources of gluten, it will be an easy transition from a gluten-free diet to a keto diet. It will be a bit more challenging to be vegetarian or vegan on a keto diet, because keto meals are usually built around dairy and meat products, but it’s very possible. I’ve included recipes links below for both meat and dairy-based keto recipes as well as vegan keto recipes.
Keto shrimp and grits from Maebells
Vegetarian butter chicken from Two Sleevers
KFC keto fried chicken from Fat Kitchen
Reuben casserole from Wholesome Yum
Cinnamon rolls from Gnom Gnom
Caramel slice from Gimme Delicious
Zucchini pizza casserole from Sweet as Honey
Fried oysters from Ketogasm
Egg custard pie from Resolution Eats
Flaky hand pies from Gnom Gnom
Paleo peanut noodles from Calm Eats
Vegan mac and cheese from Julie’s Lifestyle
Green curry kale and crispy coconut tempeh from The First Mess
Coconut flour pizza crust from Sweet as Honey
Key lime pie fat bombs from Real Balanced
8 ingredient zucchini lasagna from Minimalist Baker
Avocado fries from Mindful Avocado
Vegan kołaczki from Meat Free Keto
Vegan coconut bacon from Strength and Sunshine
Eggless keto english muffins from Keto Diet App