I feel a lot healthier when I’m having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I’m having sex, I don’t have that.

Milano links sexual activity with a felt sense of bodily regulation: sex is described not as romance or conquest but as a somatic practice that changes how she experiences her nervous system. The “energy jitters” on waking suggest restlessness or anxiety-like arousal that persists despite conventional health routines (vitamins, daily workouts). In her account, sex functions as a kind of physical reset—releasing tension, smoothing agitation, and producing a calmer baseline. The quote also implicitly challenges narrow definitions of “healthy living” by placing sexual well-being alongside diet and exercise, framing it as a legitimate component of self-care and embodied balance rather than a purely private or moralized topic.