makes being svelte look easy, but the actress tells that she finds it nearly impossible to stick to a diet.

“I just cannot diet,” Paltrow, 35, says on The show airing Wednesday. “I think maybe it’s the idea that you can’t have something … I just can’t do it.”

Instead of counting calories, the slender Oscar-winner prefers to work up a sweat. “It’s worth it to me to do that extra exercise so I can eat what I want and not think about it.”

The PBS series, which debuts Sept. 20, follows them on a culinary tour of 13 cities. “The Gwyneth you see in Spain is the real Gwyneth,” Batali told PEOPLE. “Funny, and likes her food.”

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