Cheryl Cole says blood type diet 'has made such a difference'

Cheryl Cole has revealed she manages to stay trim with a 'blood type' diet recommended by her mother.

The X Factor judge has raised eyebrows recently with her thin frame.

It has been suggested pressure on the Girls Aloud star following her break-up from Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole and her heavy workload has contributed to her weight loss.

But Cole said: "Recently my mother told me about Eat Right 4 Your Type, in which you're told what to eat and what to avoid depending on your blood type.

"It has made such a difference - not so much to my shape, but to how I feel and my energy levels. I believe it 100%."

Cole also confessed to a having sweet tooth.

She said she has sugar cravings and has a weakness for cupcakes as her secret indulgence.

Chart-topping Cole - who split from England defender Ashley earlier this year - told Hello! magazine: "My only trouble is that I can't do without sugar. Sometimes, I feel like I just need a chocolate bar.

"I don't deny myself anything. Right now, my weakness is for Lola's cupcakes. I was sent 12 of them when I got to number one - all different flavours."

Lola's is a fancy cake shop based in London's Primrose Hill.

Cole was voted the world's sexiest woman in a men's magazine poll for the second year running, with Hollywood star Megan Fox in the runner-up spot.

And despite beating her, Cole said there is one feature of her rival's which she would love. "I would have Megan Fox's lips over mine any day," she said.

Cole added that recent months had been difficult for her. "There's some really mean stuff written about me, and it sticks, it really does.

"You kind of don't remember the nice stuff, you just remember the mean stuff, just like you remember the mean people from school. So it probably dents you a little bit."

The full interview appears in this week's Hello! out now.