If shedding pounds is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, consider taking a tip from dieters before you.  These days, many people are turning to popular diet foods of the 1960s and 70s, like cottage cheese, grapefruit, rice cakes and cabbage soup, to lose weight.  And research suggests they really work!  After all, these tried and trusted foods are minimally processed and low in fat and calories.  Experts say this diet nostalgia is a natural reaction to the endlessly revolving door of diet trends, with which many people are simply fed up.  Guess mother really does know best.

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