Sex helps Diaz stay slim

Cameron Diaz /Screen capture from YouTube

Hollywood star Cameron Diaz says having a lot of sex helps keep her svelte.

“It’s something healthy that we need to be doing for many different reasons,” she said.

Diaz, 42, lives with new husband Benji Madden, 35.

“Once you commit and put in the effort, your body goes, ‘Oh, it’s not OK to be without this,’” she said. “People say, ‘my body rejects exercise.’ No, it doesn’t. Your mind rejects exercise.”

She also said a balanced diet led to good health.

“Well-being is an equation,” she said. “Remember, you don’t have to have the whole cake, you can have a piece. Don’t deprive yourself. Have fun. Just be self-aware.

“If your equation is 80 percent good, 20 percent bad most of the time, then a little movement toward the center isn’t going to affect you much.