A new diet claims to whet your appetite for a healthier lifestyle through exercise — and boosting your love life, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore. Kerry McCloskey recently appeared on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” to talk about diet and exercise.

“My husband and I revved up our passion, and I lost 23 pounds in six months,” she said.

McCloskey even wrote a book about it — “The Ultimate Sex Diet” — in which she said she simply substitutes her sweetie for food cravings. She said her husband also lost weight — 15 pounds.

“When I’m on the way home from work, I am bored, and that’s when I’m prone to want to pick up something fatty to eat on the way,” McCloskey said. “When I get home from work, that’s when we like to get busy.”

She said exercise-based foreplay is also important.

“When I start thinking about that, then I avoid the foods, I start building up my excitement for when I’m greeted by my honey,” McCloskey added.

So, could this diet work for you? Jon Kaplan, a personal trainer at the Meadow Mill Athletic Club in north Baltimore, thinks so.

“As a trainer, I think sex is great exercise,” he said. “It’s very, very good for you. Vigorous sex is even better because you can get your heart rate up and burn some serious pounds.”

“A half-hour of sex burns about 200 calories. My husband and I have sex about eight times per week. You do the math,” McCloskey said.

When women were asked whether they would consider burning 1,600 extra calories a week through sex. There was an awful lot of giggling.

“Oh, that’s a wonderful question,” one woman said.

“Only with strangers, and men who are much younger than my husband,” another woman said.

“I think you have to do everything in moderation. You’ve got to watch what you eat, too,” another woman said.

Food also comprises a part of McCloskey’s ultimate sex diet — sensual and healthy foods like bananas and chocolate.