Low-calories diet:
“The Astronaut Diet”

The Astronaut Diet (500 calories diet): Low-calorie diet prescribed to pilots to lose 6 lbs in 2 days.

The Astronaut Diet gets its name from the diet prescribed to pilots to lose weight fast. It's a very low calories diet (400-500 calories); it is recommended to take vitamin and mineral pills as a complement.
Benefit of the astronaut diet: fast diet to lose weight.

Diet duration: 2 or 3 day diet
Weight loss: 6 lbs
Diet for who: diet recommended for all kind of people but only for the mentioned days.


For the Astronaut diet, we suggest you to follow this low calorie diet menu:

Diet menu of the Astronaut Diet to lose 6 lbs in 2 days:

Breakfast: Astronaut Diet Menu
1 tablespoon and a half of powder-skimmed milk, dissolved in water, coffee or tea.

Lunch: Astronaut Diet Menu
1 boiled or poached egg. Salad with lettuce with olive oil, lemon and green pepper.

Dinner: Astronaut Diet Menu
1 slice of meat (grilled or roasted, without fat) or 1 grilled steak. In both cases, with salad.

Disadvantages of The Astronaut Diet:

Drink a lot of water, 8-ounce glasses of water per day (2 quarts, 1.8 liters) to avoid dehydration, because the weight (principally water) is eliminated through the urine. Without a balanced diet after the Astronaut Diet, weight lost is gained soon. It's the disadvantage of these fast diets, after them,you have always to eat with moderation.

Before starting a diet, please consult your nutritionist, she help you lose weight in good health.