Insanely hot “Today” correspondent MARIA MENOUNOS – who’s 40 pounds trimmer now than in her college days – attributes that teeny 23-inch waist to the mouth-puckering magic of…VINEGAR!

Maria told My Spy she drizzles vinegar on every kind of food to avoid using fatty salad dressings, sauces or condiments.

“I’ll even pull white tuna out of the can, throw some vinegar on top…and eat it plain,” she says. Eeeewww!

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