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- [00:00:00] Jane Seymour: You read how many blueberries, how much kale- Right, right ... how much celery, how much- [00:00:03] Dr. Taz: The [00:00:03] Jane Seymour: noise ... [00:00:04] Dr. Taz: you know, [00:00:04] Jane Seymour: all these [00:00:05] things you're supposed to ingest by a certain time every day, and I just looked at this. I said, "This is impractical." Mm-hmm. You [00:00:10] need to know how does your body function, what works and what doesn't. [00:00:13] Jane Seymour: My mindset is [00:00:15] that now is it. [00:00:15] Dr. Taz: Yes, I love that. [00:00:16] Jane Seymour: It's not yesterday, and I can't guarantee anything tomorrow. Like, if I'm in the present [00:00:20] and I'm authentic and I have a purpose, maybe that purpose is what we're doing here, which [00:00:25] is trying to help people realize what the options are out there. Right. That's it. [00:00:29] Dr. Taz: Please join [00:00:30] me in welcoming Jane Seymour to the show. You know, I've had a lot of incredible [00:00:35] moments in my career, but this is a true pinch me moment. [00:00:40] I cannot wait for all of you to meet my next guest. [00:00:45] My next guest is someone I watched growing up on television. I admired for [00:00:50] your beauty and even just for your overall presence and your acting, obviously. [00:00:54] Dr. Taz: [00:00:55] So welcome to the show. Welcome to Whole Plus, Jane. I have with me today Jane [00:01:00] Seymour. You have so many accomplishments, it'll probably take me a whole another episode to go through all of [00:01:05] those. But I just want to get right into it. Thank you. You are 73 years old. You just told me you're about to turn 74. [00:01:09] Dr. Taz: I'm just about to [00:01:10] turn [00:01:10] Jane Seymour: 74. Uh, my birthday's February 15th, so... [00:01:14] Dr. Taz: I [00:01:15] think you're such a testament- Yeah ... to age is just a number. I know we get tired of that [00:01:20] cliche, but I want you to tell us how you have [00:01:25] remained so energetic, so youthful, so still going at it. You [00:01:30] just told me all the different projects you have lined up coming up in the next few months and years ahead. [00:01:34] Dr. Taz: Yeah. You're not [00:01:35] done, right? [00:01:35] Jane Seymour: I am so not done, and I'm also so incredibly [00:01:40] grateful because I've been allowed, fairly uniquely, not [00:01:45] many of us, to age gracefully in a, you know, in, in a career [00:01:50] where how you look- [00:01:51] Dr. Taz: Is everything ... [00:01:52] Jane Seymour: is pretty much everything. Yeah. And, uh, [00:01:55] to actually be hired to act in great projects as a woman my [00:02:00] age, but looking like the best woman my age I can be, and I think, you know- [00:02:05] I think I'm fortunate to do this, not just 'cause I've been doing it for a while, and- Right[00:02:10] [00:02:10] Jane Seymour: might be useful at it, but I think it's because I'm authentic. So, you know, [00:02:15] when people see me in my series Harry Wild, for example, they see me get [00:02:20] angry, upset, play comedy, the rest of it. I mean, everything moves. And so it would [00:02:25] not be good for me to not look like, you know- [00:02:28] Dr. Taz: Yourself ... [00:02:28] Jane Seymour: myself. [00:02:30] And but I do work from, you know, 5:00 in the morning, I'm up every day. [00:02:34] Jane Seymour: I'm [00:02:35] lucky if I'm back by 8:00 at night, and then I'm learning nine pages for the next day. Wow. So, and I have [00:02:40] half an hour off for lunch, in which they usually have me either being interviewed or, [00:02:45] um, you know, doing something, a costume change or ... Ugh. It- it, people [00:02:50] don't understand the stamina it takes- [00:02:53] Dr. Taz: To do your [00:02:53] Dr. Taz: So- [00:02:53] Jane Seymour: To do what I do. And [00:02:55] so that's why meeting you, and hearing about what you're doing, and being part of this is so [00:03:00] exciting for me. [00:03:00] Dr. Taz: Oh, I couldn't be more honored, and I'm thrilled to have you here. But I'll be honest, I meet [00:03:05] people every single day who are like, "I'm just tired. I don't have the energy." [00:03:09] Dr. Taz: Yeah. Or here's the [00:03:10] classic line that I hear over and over again in my exam rooms, "It must be because I'm getting old. [00:03:15] That has to be the reason why." Yeah. And I'm e- even hearing, honestly, I'm hear- hearing 30-year-olds tell me that. [00:03:20] So, you know, we have a problem with health and wellness here, [00:03:25] not just in the United States, but I would argue globally. [00:03:27] Dr. Taz: We have a problem with how we perceive [00:03:30] aging and what aging really means. Mm. I spend a lot of time merging Eastern and Western medicine together, [00:03:35] and in those systems of medicine, aging was kind of a gift. You became a mentor. [00:03:40] You became a confidant. You helped others below you, and you had an identity, [00:03:45] right? [00:03:45] Dr. Taz: Mm. It wasn't that you were done and you were old. But I think what we've seen historically, especially with [00:03:50] women, is that this idea that you're done. You know, you hit menopause and you're done. [00:03:55] You hit 60 and you're done. You hit 70 and you're done. How did you [00:04:00] fight that? Like, did you ever feel that way? [00:04:02] Dr. Taz: Did you ever have a period in [00:04:05] your sort of career or your life where you felt that way- Oh ... that you were, quote-unquote, getting old? [00:04:09] Jane Seymour: Oh, [00:04:10] absolutely. You know, uh, in, normally in an actress's [00:04:15] career, that's if you've had the opportunity of actually having some success, which I have ha- [00:04:20] had had. I mean, if you haven't had success before you're 40, you, it's pretty, uh, really hard. [00:04:24] Dr. Taz: [00:04:25] Mm-hmm. [00:04:25] Jane Seymour: But after 40, that seems to be sort of the cutoff date. [00:04:27] Dr. Taz: You're done. [00:04:28] Jane Seymour: Yes. Yeah. And I, and I [00:04:30] definitely did, um, see contracts go away, roles go away, [00:04:35] but then I got this little thing called Doc Quinn, Medicine Woman. [00:04:38] Dr. Taz: Which [00:04:39] Jane Seymour: I watched- Which you watched ... and [00:04:40] I loved. And, and, uh, for some reason, I was 40 at the time, and for some reason I was able to play [00:04:45] 30. [00:04:46] Jane Seymour: And everyone around me, most- mostly male [00:04:50] actors who'd done a series- Yeah ... said, "Jane, don't do it. Don't do it. You'll never have the stamina. You know, being a [00:04:55] woman in a one-hour series, you know, outdoors and all of that, y- y- for [00:05:00] 10 months of the year, you, you just can't do it." And I didn't have a choice at [00:05:05] that time. [00:05:05] Jane Seymour: You know, I'd gone through a terrible divorce. I was left beyond bankrupt. [00:05:08] Dr. Taz: Mm. [00:05:09] Jane Seymour: And I needed [00:05:10] to work. And I'd also been told that when I did this little movie, that it would never be a [00:05:15] series because it was a woman in the lead. [00:05:16] Dr. Taz: Right. [00:05:17] Jane Seymour: Doesn't work. A doctor. No one's interested in doctors. Right. [00:05:20] Uh, you know, the, the Wild West and, uh, family values. [00:05:23] Jane Seymour: So that was, like, tick off of, like, [00:05:25] "We c- we can make this and guarantee it won't." But they did have me sign a five-year contract, [00:05:30] and then the rest is history. It's still playing in 98 countries. [00:05:33] Dr. Taz: It's an amazing show. Yeah. [00:05:33] Jane Seymour: So [00:05:35] I think when you're asking how do you do it, having been given that gift- [00:05:40] It was really, it was hard to have the energy to do that, and I was, of course, still [00:05:45] raising children. [00:05:45] Dr. Taz: Hmm. [00:05:46] Jane Seymour: And I didn't know where I was gonna live. I mean, there were a lot of other things going on. [00:05:50] But I think the camaraderie of the people I worked with, the fact that every day I looked [00:05:55] around and they actually relied on me showing up, some of them would actually thank me. They'd just [00:06:00] say, "Oh, thank you for being healthy- Yeah [00:06:01] Jane Seymour: and coming into work today." [00:06:02] Dr. Taz: Yeah. And I go, " [00:06:02] Jane Seymour: Well, God, that's my job." Thank you for [00:06:05] being healthy. Thank you for being healthy. I love that. And, uh, and then I realized I'd broken the glass ceiling- [00:06:08] Dr. Taz: Mm-hmm ... [00:06:09] Jane Seymour: without trying. [00:06:10] And now I'm, uh, in my 70s, and at 70, [00:06:15] again, I broke another glass ceiling. Nobody works at that age. [00:06:18] Jane Seymour: Right. And I got my own [00:06:20] show called Harry Wild, and we've just done, we finished our fourth season. [00:06:24] Dr. Taz: [00:06:25] Amazing. [00:06:25] Jane Seymour: Um, so I think it's attitude, I think it's [00:06:30] can-do, and I think the principal thing for me, it's about body, mind, and spirit. [00:06:34] Dr. Taz: [00:06:35] Yes. She's speaking- [00:06:35] Jane Seymour: I have to be- ... your [00:06:36] Dr. Taz: language. I [00:06:36] Jane Seymour: love [00:06:37] Dr. Taz: it. [00:06:37] Jane Seymour: Yep. Well, it is. I mean, I am a doctor's [00:06:40] daughter- Yes, yes [00:06:40] Jane Seymour: so we were sharing a little bit before this. Uh-huh, uh-huh. My father was an OBGYN, so obviously he dealt with [00:06:45] menopause and- [00:06:45] Dr. Taz: Right ... [00:06:46] Jane Seymour: fertility. That was his specialty. [00:06:47] Dr. Taz: Uh-huh. [00:06:48] Jane Seymour: Um, he had a [00:06:50] lot of women doctors who he trained, and, uh, and I think I love what I do. [00:06:55] So I think having a passion and being able to pursue it. [00:06:57] Jane Seymour: That's so important. Whether you can do it for your job or [00:07:00] you just do it as a, you know, as a, a, you know, as a hobby. Right. Whatever it [00:07:05] is. I love to paint, I love to create, I love to help other people. I, you know, run, [00:07:10] work with a nonprofit that I helped, um, start. Um, [00:07:15] you were talking about being older and, you know, that's in the culture of being the [00:07:20] grandmother now. [00:07:20] Jane Seymour: Now you give the wisdom. [00:07:22] Dr. Taz: Right. [00:07:22] Jane Seymour: I find myself in that situation all the time, and so [00:07:25] I want to actually be up to date with what the wisdom is, you know? I want to read and find out [00:07:30] what's working, what isn't, because everything's changing in science and in, in [00:07:35] nutraceuticals. So I want, I want to see- You wanna know. [00:07:37] Jane Seymour: I wanna know. Yeah. And, uh, and I also [00:07:40] look around me, and I see so many people who kind of, I think, overdid it with the exercise. [00:07:44] Dr. Taz: [00:07:45] Mm-hmm. [00:07:45] Jane Seymour: And they're all having knee replacements, hip replacements, shoulder replacements. [00:07:49] Dr. Taz: I [00:07:50] mean, one of the things- [00:07:50] Jane Seymour: Insane ... [00:07:50] Dr. Taz: it's, it's crazy. And, you know, but one of the things that I think I keep seeing over and [00:07:55] over again is, you know, people don't have a mission. [00:07:58] Dr. Taz: Mm. They don't have a [00:08:00] passion, but sometimes they do. Sometimes they know they wanna do X, Y, and Z. I wanna [00:08:05] take care of my grandchildren. Yeah. I wanna start a new business. I wanna go to law school. These are s- real stories that I hear from women all the [00:08:10] time, but they don't have the energy. [00:08:12] Jane Seymour: Mm. [00:08:12] Dr. Taz: They don't have the ability to [00:08:15] put that plan into action to get to point A to point B and to move beyond that. [00:08:19] Dr. Taz: And a lot of [00:08:20] times I find myself talking about, "Well, let's look at your chemistry. Let's see- Mm ... what's going on. Maybe there's [00:08:25] a block there. Maybe it's not necessarily a mental block or an emotional block, but you have a physical [00:08:30] block of some kind that we're so quick to dismiss as aging," you know? And when we [00:08:35] start doing that work and we start shifting and making changes there, whether it's in their [00:08:40] nutrients or how they eat or how they take care of themselves, then it's almost like I talk about this, and it [00:08:45] sounds woo-woo, but it's so true, it's almost like the portal's open. [00:08:48] Dr. Taz: You have the [00:08:50] visions, the ability, the stamina, the determination to do that what you're meant to do. Yeah. [00:08:55] What does that look like for you? You know, you are living... Let m- let me just say this one [00:09:00] thing. I feel like when I listen to you talk, it's how I hope I'll be, you know, by the time I hit 73 or [00:09:05] 74, but I hear the same passion, the same vitality, the same zest for [00:09:10] life, you know, that I feel like I have right now. [00:09:13] Dr. Taz: How do you live your daily [00:09:15] life? What's the routine, the regimen that you know to stay true to to [00:09:20] keep that energy and that vibration going at all times? [00:09:22] Jane Seymour: Well, first of all, my [00:09:25] mindset is that now is it. [00:09:27] Dr. Taz: Mm. [00:09:27] Jane Seymour: It's not yesterday. I love that. [00:09:28] Dr. Taz: Now [00:09:29] Jane Seymour: is it. And, [00:09:30] yep. And it's not yesterday, and I can't guarantee anything tomorrow. [00:09:32] Jane Seymour: I can make plans, but I always have to [00:09:35] know that I might have to alter the plans or accept, you know, that something's not gonna work, [00:09:40] whatever it is. But if I'm in the present and I'm authentic and I have a [00:09:45] purpose, maybe that purpose is what we're doing here, which is trying to, um, [00:09:50] help people realize, you know, what the options are out there. [00:09:53] Dr. Taz: Right. [00:09:53] Jane Seymour: Um, that's it. [00:09:55] So my, my day is I tend to get up in the morning, um, [00:10:00] quickly because that's my job. It's- You're a [00:10:02] Dr. Taz: morning person ... [00:10:03] Jane Seymour: yeah. Well, no, I, I have to [00:10:05] be any time of day person. Yeah. So people talk about jet lag or having to get up- [00:10:08] Dr. Taz: Yep ... [00:10:08] Jane Seymour: early or work [00:10:10] nights or whatever. I, I got over that a long time ago. [00:10:12] Jane Seymour: It's, I give myself eight hours sleep. [00:10:15] So whatever I have to do in life- I, a- and, and [00:10:20] work, I give, I do the clock backwards, and I say, "Okay, at this time, whether I am [00:10:25] sleepy or not, I will be in bed." [00:10:26] Dr. Taz: So you're a stickler about sleep? [00:10:28] Jane Seymour: I am, try really, really [00:10:30] hard to do that. And I think because I do that, and because I also know how to, [00:10:35] uh, do some sort of relaxation exercises or a kind of... [00:10:39] Jane Seymour: Uh, [00:10:40] tell my body, you know, "It's, it's time. This is what we're doing." And I don't panic if I wake up in the middle [00:10:45] of the night and go, "Oh, my God, I'm awake." No. "I can't go to sleep." No, [00:10:48] Dr. Taz: that [00:10:48] Jane Seymour: happens [00:10:48] Dr. Taz: so often- No ... by the [00:10:49] Jane Seymour: way. So I- [00:10:50] So many people have that ... it ha- and it happens to me too. Yeah. But I just go, "Thank you, Jane. [00:10:54] Jane Seymour: You, you b- [00:10:55] pick up War and Peace or, or - Right. ... or a, or a, or a, a document from the [00:11:00] lawyer that you can't understand." That'll put you to sleep. That will put you to sleep immediately. Within two seconds. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, [00:11:05] so I, that, so I get up quite quickly. I have to, otherwise if I fall asleep [00:11:10] again, I'm done. [00:11:10] Jane Seymour: Um, I, uh, sometimes just to [00:11:15] wake up, I need a, a black coffee- Mm-hmm ... or a black tea. Okay. Just something [00:11:20] without any lactose or anything in it. I sometimes try not to eat too much in the morning. I, I like to have a [00:11:25] kind of a overnight, um, intermittent fasting regime- Okay ... so that [00:11:30] my body gets to shut off at a certain time and, uh, re-operate when it's had time to, [00:11:35] you know, regenerate. [00:11:37] Jane Seymour: Uh, I don't know what you think about that whole thing, but [00:11:40] I try. Uh, then of course, I, um, take my supplements and, uh- Okay ... [00:11:45] until very recently, it was boxes full of supplements. Yes. It was like, "Oh, my [00:11:50] God, where do I start? And which one's better than which?" [00:11:52] Dr. Taz: Mm-hmm. [00:11:53] Jane Seymour: And all these capsules, [00:11:55] and y- are they actually going into my body or are they dispersing? [00:11:58] Jane Seymour: And then, [00:12:00] you know, you read how many blueberries, how much kale- Right, right ... how much celery, how much, you [00:12:04] Dr. Taz: know. The [00:12:05] noise. [00:12:05] Jane Seymour: Oh, the noise. All the noise. Yeah. All these things you're supposed to ingest by a certain time every day, [00:12:10] and I just looked at this, I said, "This is impractical." So I wanted to find a [00:12:15] way that I could, uh, support my immune system, do everything I could for [00:12:20] beauty because my skin- Is everything [00:12:23] Jane Seymour: and my, is everything. Yeah. And I've already been doing [00:12:25] skin from the outside, so I wanted to just make sure that I was doing everything that I could from the inside, [00:12:30] apart from drinking, obviously, plenty of water. And, uh, so I take care [00:12:35] of that. And, um, then I try to work out if I [00:12:40] have time, and if I don't have time, I do... [00:12:43] Jane Seymour: I used to dance, I do some pliés. [00:12:44] Dr. Taz: [00:12:45] Mm-hmm. [00:12:45] Jane Seymour: Like if I'm on the set, they'll suddenly see me, you know, doing some pliés, some [00:12:50] stretches, and they go, "What are you doing, Jane?" I said, "Don't worry about it. You know, it's- it's my gym [00:12:55] on the side." On Dr. Quinn, I used to have this elastic band that I put around my ankles. [00:12:58] Jane Seymour: You do [00:12:59] Dr. Taz: those on the side? [00:13:00] [00:13:00] Jane Seymour: Well, I'd, I would put, I would put, you know, wear my frock on Dr. Quinn. [00:13:03] Dr. Taz: Yeah. [00:13:03] Jane Seymour: And they'd think, "Why is she [00:13:05] behaving like a crab with- with pages of dialogue?" Right. And I was going, doing [00:13:10] my side steps- Wow ... with an elastic band around my ankles. [00:13:12] Dr. Taz: Amazing. [00:13:13] Jane Seymour: I know, it was hilarious. [00:13:14] Dr. Taz: Yeah. [00:13:14] Jane Seymour: And [00:13:15] then what I do do if I can work out is I get some weights, um, five or eight [00:13:20] pound weights, and I, I do, you know, the, uh, the normal weight things. [00:13:23] Jane Seymour: If I can't get weights, [00:13:25] I, I go to a, a, you know, a sideboard or, or anywhere that's not gonna [00:13:30] fall over, and I, I do dips and things with my own body weight. Right. Then I know, [00:13:35] because I have had a bad back in the past, um, and like we were talking about- Mm-hmm ... you need to [00:13:40] know how does your body function, what works and what doesn't. [00:13:43] Jane Seymour: I know that if I [00:13:45] suddenly turn to the left or the right and pick something heavy up- I'm useless. [00:13:49] Dr. Taz: You're useless. So- [00:13:50] [00:13:50] Jane Seymour: So I have to learn how to pick things up, how to get up, how to, to, you know, [00:13:55] climb things, jump off things. I know what my body can do, and I have to [00:14:00] do anything I can, whether it's a yoga pose or isometrics [00:14:05] or just, you know, some crunches, to do it meticulously so I don't injure [00:14:10] myself whilst trying to maintain. [00:14:12] Jane Seymour: But number one, I would say, is [00:14:15] core. [00:14:15] Dr. Taz: Core. [00:14:16] Jane Seymour: Core. [00:14:16] Dr. Taz: So one of the things I wanna point out, though, is, you know, you [00:14:20] have, again, this passion, this energy, this vitality. [00:14:22] Jane Seymour: Yeah. [00:14:22] Dr. Taz: But at the same time, it [00:14:25] sounds like you know your body and you know yourself and your chemistry, and you're [00:14:30] actually practicing a lot of what now research is coming out with and recommending, [00:14:35] right? [00:14:35] Dr. Taz: That moving all throughout the day is more important than these, like, very [00:14:40] intense, heavy workouts, right? Not doing super heavy lifting and using your own body weight [00:14:45] becomes very important after 50, because for many women, they will injure or hurt themselves. Yeah. You're indirecti- [00:14:50] indirectly- ... you know, kinda tackling these concepts around blood [00:14:55] sugar regulation and metabolism and inflammation. [00:14:58] Dr. Taz: But it sounds like you're doing this on [00:15:00] your own through your own understanding of what your body needs. You know, [00:15:05] how would you advise somebody, you know, maybe who's listening or watching us today, how do they [00:15:10] get to that level of assessing kind of their own body, how they, how [00:15:15] they can answer what their own body is needing and desiring? [00:15:17] Dr. Taz: Because what's really happening is what you [00:15:20] described earlier, where there's, you know, 20 different supplement bottles. There's the latest [00:15:25] workout trend. They're fasting. Wait, they're not fasting. They're doing keto. No, no, no, we're not doing keto anymore. [00:15:30] Now we're doing the anti-inflammatory. You know what I mean? [00:15:32] Dr. Taz: Mm. And so for people, their heads are spinning, you [00:15:35] know. But it sounds like you've got it figured out. Well- How do we get there? [00:15:38] Jane Seymour: Well, I've always felt [00:15:40] that, um, less is more, and I've always felt that- [00:15:45] Certainly for my, you know, the way I am, having a very strict [00:15:50] regimen of only this and only that and only do this at certain times and, you know, [00:15:55] that doesn't really work. [00:15:56] Jane Seymour: I need to know how my body works, and I need to [00:16:00] know how to, what normal is or normal for me at this time is For you I also need to [00:16:05] know what my injuries have been or what my weak spots are. I know exactly what they are from [00:16:10] previous, uh, ailments. And I have to, uh, [00:16:15] be proactive about it. So I have to take supplements that I know will [00:16:20] support those parts of my body. [00:16:22] Jane Seymour: Uh, I have to know how to talk to a doctor [00:16:25] because there's this whole thing of being invisible. You know- Right ... you're a woman over 50- Right ... and you're invisible. They don't even listen to you. [00:16:30] [00:16:30] Dr. Taz: Right. Unfortunately. [00:16:31] Jane Seymour: Unfortunately. So you have to know- We're changing that, though ... how, how to talk and- We're gonna change [00:16:35] that. [00:16:35] Jane Seymour: Yeah, okay. Yeah. They are changing it, actually. Yeah, yeah. But, you know, it, it's also giving a woman [00:16:40] the rights to actually speak up for themselves and say, "Yes, you know, I hear what you're saying, but that's not [00:16:45] actually how my body functions. This is how it functions, so what can we do with this?" And, [00:16:50] and then listen and hear and, and be willing to try something new and different. [00:16:54] Jane Seymour: But [00:16:55] I think it's, um, as you rightly said, it's an all-day thing. It's not a, [00:17:00] you know, one-off exercise. But I do find that we're all terribly busy- Mm-hmm ... and we don't [00:17:05] necessarily have time to eat all those things. So I was so excited [00:17:10] when we came up with the idea with Body Firm- [00:17:12] Dr. Taz: Yeah ... [00:17:13] Jane Seymour: of coming up with [00:17:15] With, um, phytonutrients. [00:17:17] Jane Seymour: And we've got this special way of doing it. We've got [00:17:20] amazing ingredients. And, uh, you know, I've taken the green stuff and all the rest of it, and I go, "Oh, do [00:17:25] I really have to do that?" But I happen to like green stuff. But this, you know- Well, [00:17:30] let's talk about it ... it tasted delicious. And I was just- I went, "Okay." [00:17:32] Jane Seymour: So one and done. That is my [00:17:35] thing. I want to get up in the morning, I want to do what I need to do for myself, f- [00:17:40] sip it down, and then just know, okay, you've done it now. You know, whatever else you [00:17:45] eat today, it'd be great if you ate a good Mediterranean diet, but if you don't, you have just [00:17:50] covered an enormous number of, of, um- [00:17:53] Dr. Taz: Essential nutrients [00:17:53] Jane Seymour: essential [00:17:55] nutrients. Yeah. And, and they're the right ones, and they've got, you know... They're [00:18:00] particularly good. They're better than other ones that are out there. And you're not dealing with a box [00:18:05] full of, um- [00:18:06] Dr. Taz: Stuff to take ... [00:18:06] Jane Seymour: stuff that you don't understand. Yeah. [00:18:08] Dr. Taz: We're both Body Firm brand [00:18:10] ambassadors. [00:18:10] Jane Seymour: Yes. [00:18:11] Dr. Taz: And for everyone, you know, watching and listening- Yeah [00:18:13] Dr. Taz: right now, tell them what Body [00:18:15] Firm is. They might not even know what we're talking about. [00:18:16] Jane Seymour: Okay. So Body Firm's a company that, um, we've- what we [00:18:20] do is we've come up with, uh... We have two products, basically. One is Crepe Erase- [00:18:24] Dr. Taz: [00:18:25] Right ... [00:18:25] Jane Seymour: which I've been using for- Which we both love. Right. Mm-hmm ... oh my God. Yeah. Yep. [00:18:27] Jane Seymour: We've both been using it for- Yep. Yep ... I've been using it for 15 years or [00:18:30] something crazy. Yeah. 10, 15 years. I've lost count. But I wouldn't live without it. And people literally [00:18:35] stop me wherever I go, and they have to touch my skin and whatever. And, um, and then [00:18:40] I was talking to them about, you know, what can we do about this thing of I wanna be [00:18:45] healthy, I don't know the answer to all of these vitamins, I can't believe I need to take [00:18:50] that many. [00:18:50] Jane Seymour: How can I possibly eat all these- Right ... blueberries and kale and everything [00:18:55] on a daily basis, especially when I'm traveling- Busy woman ... in a place that doesn't have blueberries and kale? So, [00:19:00] um, uh, or, you know, the antioxidants and, uh, the blood oranges which we have that are so [00:19:05] fantastic. Mediterranean blood oranges- Yes [00:19:07] Jane Seymour: I might say. Not those American ones. [00:19:10] Um, I, uh- I j- I just thought, "Well, let, let me [00:19:15] see. Let me see. Is there a way that I can do it and be [00:19:20] done?" And so, you know, I've- we found it, and I'm using it, and it's [00:19:25] working for me. And you use it [00:19:25] Dr. Taz: every day. [00:19:26] Jane Seymour: Every single day. Yeah. I now have a male partner. [00:19:29] Dr. Taz: Mm-hmm. [00:19:29] Jane Seymour: I said, "No, [00:19:30] this is for women over 50." [00:19:31] Jane Seymour: He said, "No, it's for me too." "Can I have some?" "I'm a doctor. It's working. Good. I'm having it [00:19:35] too." So, and he also stole the Crape Erase, by the way, so. [00:19:38] Dr. Taz: Of course. They all do. [00:19:39] Jane Seymour: You know. Yeah. They all [00:19:40] do. So I think this is great for people- [00:19:42] Dr. Taz: Right ... [00:19:42] Jane Seymour: not just women. [00:19:43] Dr. Taz: Mm-hmm. [00:19:43] Jane Seymour: But, you know, we are [00:19:45] women, and we're talking about, uh, the species that actually traditionally cares [00:19:50] about how they look, how their skin is, how we age, and what can we do [00:19:55] that is good for our skin inside and [00:19:58] Dr. Taz: out? [00:19:58] Jane Seymour: And [00:19:58] Dr. Taz: out. And I love that you've wound [00:20:00] together the mind, body, and spirit as we're having this conversation around healthy aging and [00:20:05] still being passionate well beyond 70 even. One of the things that, going back to [00:20:10] this idea that people get blocked, right? That's what I see over and over again. And even though they [00:20:15] desire to do things, they don't have the physical energy to do that, or they're hurting themselves a lot. [00:20:19] Dr. Taz: I start to [00:20:20] go a little doctory on some of that. I could, you know, I can give you all the chemical terms for that. Well, it's because you've [00:20:25] got mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation and all this other stuff. But essentially, what [00:20:30] aging really is, it is where the body is not getting what it needs. That [00:20:35] essentially is really what it is if we wanna simplify it down. [00:20:38] Dr. Taz: So everything slows down, but just [00:20:40] because it's slowing down, it does not mean it has to be that way. [00:20:44] Jane Seymour: Hmm. [00:20:44] Dr. Taz: [00:20:45] So this whole idea around supplementation, you know, you'll see a lot of traditional doctors say, "You don't need [00:20:50] supplements. Food has everything, you know, it could possibly need to, to help you." And we know [00:20:55] that's simply not true, and it's not true for a number of different reasons. [00:20:58] Dr. Taz: Hmm. Based on food quality, the [00:21:00] style of living that we all engage in these days, and really the exposure that [00:21:05] we have to the elements is completely different. We're sitting here after, you know, much of California has been through [00:21:10] the fires. There's a higher supplement need after these major- Hmm ... issues and trauma in [00:21:15] life. [00:21:15] Dr. Taz: And I think one of the things I love about something like a product that's very simple and [00:21:20] easy to take is that you're getting a mega dose of antioxidants right [00:21:25] away, and I think it is difficult to remember to take all the different things all the time. So, [00:21:30] you know, you're... What would you say to the person, I know many women and men, [00:21:35] actually, who say, "Well, I don't need supplements. [00:21:36] Dr. Taz: I eat healthy." [00:21:37] Jane Seymour: Hmm. [00:21:38] Dr. Taz: Or, "I can't remember to take [00:21:40] my supplements," you know. Or, "All that stuff is, you know, garbage." You know, that type of [00:21:45] thing. And they get, that message gets reinforced oftentimes in the exam room. What would you [00:21:50] say to them? [00:21:51] Jane Seymour: Uh, I would say open your eyes and your ears. Be open-minded [00:21:55] to, um, what's really working, and try it. [00:21:59] Jane Seymour: Because if you [00:22:00] try it, and it's that easy to do, and it tastes great- And you start feeling [00:22:05] better. Uh, to me, that is the science you really [00:22:07] Dr. Taz: need. That's enough. That's enough, [00:22:08] Jane Seymour: right? People say, "Well, what's the science?" Well, the science [00:22:10] says you now feel better and you look better. Hmm. Okay, well that's a good start, [00:22:15] isn't it? [00:22:15] Jane Seymour: You know, so when the doctor says, or when you come to me and you say, "Why are you, why are you the [00:22:20] Energizer bunny? Why do you- Right ... you know, why are you, why are you not doing facials or Botox or anything, you [00:22:25] know, and your skin looks great?" I- it's because it is from the inside out, and [00:22:30] it's supplemented with what I do on the outside to protect, you know, to protect the skin from, from the [00:22:35] suns and UV rays and all of that. [00:22:36] Jane Seymour: So it's, what I love about it, it's one and [00:22:40] done. [00:22:40] Dr. Taz: Mm. You can't forget it. [00:22:42] Jane Seymour: Can't forget it. You know, it- you get up in the morning, you're [00:22:45] gonna brush your teeth, you're gonna drink the supplement, and now you get on with your day. And now you know that [00:22:50] if you don't manage to, you know, if you're working somewhere where they only have fast food And [00:22:55] you literally cannot get... [00:22:56] Jane Seymour: I mean, I have been to parts of America where I haven't seen fresh food. Isn't [00:22:59] Dr. Taz: it [00:23:00] crazy? [00:23:00] Jane Seymour: It's insane. [00:23:01] Dr. Taz: There are food deserts [00:23:02] Jane Seymour: for real. W- we could, we could do a whole show- Totally ... about- [00:23:05] [00:23:05] Dr. Taz: We should go on the road ... [00:23:05] Jane Seymour: the poisons- We should go on the road. ... in our food. We should go on the road. Yes. Yeah, you are being [00:23:10] poisoned by fast food. [00:23:11] Jane Seymour: Yeah, definitely. Okay? [00:23:11] Dr. Taz: But [00:23:11] Jane Seymour: I don't wanna go against fast food. I'm just saying that if you're in [00:23:15] those circumstances, that's why this is so brilliant because it's one and done. You've got it. You've [00:23:20] got everything you need that you could be growing in my garden. I don't know if you know about this, but I actually grow, [00:23:25] um, I grow all my fruits and vegetables- No [00:23:27] Jane Seymour: in my garden. I didn't know that. [00:23:29] Dr. Taz: Yes. [00:23:29] Jane Seymour: Yes, [00:23:30] without any, uh, you know, without a- a- you know, anything. It's just- Amazing ... all pure organic. [00:23:35] I even have my own chickens. [00:23:36] Dr. Taz: Oh my gosh. [00:23:37] Jane Seymour: They're so free-range, they only make little tiny eggs. Oh my gosh. Usually green [00:23:40] and blue- That's incredible ... and funny, funky little [00:23:41] Dr. Taz: colors. [00:23:41] Dr. Taz: Well, that food quality's probably different than what you're picking up at the local grocery store. [00:23:44] Jane Seymour: [00:23:45] 100%. Yeah. People can't believe it. Yeah. When I serve lettuce- [00:23:47] Dr. Taz: Yeah ... [00:23:47] Jane Seymour: or arugula from my garden, [00:23:50] people go, "W- wait a minute, this, this t- actually tastes like something. It's [00:23:55] not just like water." It's full of- Crispy water [00:23:57] Dr. Taz: antioxidants. [00:23:57] Jane Seymour: And they, the tomatoes, they go nuts [00:24:00] about, and the kale and, uh, and the blueberries. Mm-hmm. And yes, it's [00:24:05] fantastic. It's fantastic that I can grow these, but even though I grow them, I still am in a hurry [00:24:10] sometimes, and I realize that I haven't had time to make that smoothie or do what it [00:24:15] is that, you know, I feel I need for the day. [00:24:17] Jane Seymour: But now I've, I've got my, uh, you know, [00:24:20] my, my supplement and it... You know, I do it in one. I mix it immediately, [00:24:25] drink it immediately. It, it's just... It's literally solves [00:24:30] all my issues with my wellness- [00:24:33] Dr. Taz: I think that's- ... for the day ... it's incredible. And I [00:24:35] think that, you know, one of the things I'm hearing as I'm listening to you speak is that health [00:24:40] is a priority for you, and living a healthy lifestyle is a priority for you. [00:24:44] Dr. Taz: And [00:24:45] I think that, you know, for so many people, that starts to go to the bottom of the list, and they [00:24:50] don't under- understand the toll that that takes on the people around them, and also on their [00:24:55] communities and even in, in the workplace, right? You said your crew on, uh, The Pioneer Woman was saying- Yes [00:24:59] Dr. Taz: [00:25:00] "Thank you, thank you for being healthy." You know, what if we walked around saying that to each other all [00:25:05] the time, "Thank you for being healthy," you know? And, you know, what a difference that would make, you know? [00:25:09] Jane Seymour: And- [00:25:10] Especially, you know, kids to, and grandchildren to a grandmother. [00:25:13] Dr. Taz: Totally. [00:25:13] Jane Seymour: I have grandchildren [00:25:15] who say... [00:25:15] Jane Seymour: They call me Oma, and they, they love the fact that I can jump and swim and do, [00:25:20] you know- All the things ... fun things. Yeah. Play some tennis, whatever. I mean, obviously not as hard and fast as [00:25:25] their mother can, who's a super athlete. But they see, um, [00:25:30] me making healthy choices- And they've seen their mother making healthy choices, [00:25:35] and so they understand. [00:25:36] Jane Seymour: It's not a question about you can't eat this or you sh- you [00:25:40] mustn't do that, or you've got to be on a diet, or you have to do this much exercise. It's [00:25:45] more, um, a holistic- [00:25:47] Dr. Taz: Just infusing ... [00:25:47] Jane Seymour: infusing- Yeah ... like- [00:25:49] Dr. Taz: I [00:25:50] love that ... [00:25:50] Jane Seymour: good, good habits. And, and if you can find something that easily takes [00:25:55] care of one of those good habits without you ever thinking about it. [00:25:58] Jane Seymour: You know, I'm on an airplane, doesn't matter [00:26:00] what time of day, I can take this, you know, throw it down there, and I know that if I [00:26:05] end up not eating the airplane meal, that's probably not very good for me anyway, uh, I've, I've done what I [00:26:10] need to do. So I want to be, like you, in the, [00:26:15] um, responsible A [00:26:20] suggestion of how you can take what we know in science [00:26:25] and in, you know, uh, nature and, and put it together Put it [00:26:30] together. [00:26:30] Jane Seymour: Yeah Because, you know, there's nothing, n- nothing beats being able to go in one of those machines [00:26:35] where they look at your body, and they can tell you right away, uh, "By the way, something's going on [00:26:40] here in your kidneys or in your lungs or something." Thank God for that. I wouldn't want to be [00:26:45] back in Dr. [00:26:45] Jane Seymour: Quinn days. [00:26:45] Dr. Taz: No. No, not at all. [00:26:46] Jane Seymour: No, we got a leather strap, a leather strap and boiled water for [00:26:50] having babies. Oh [00:26:50] Dr. Taz: my gosh, ouch. [00:26:51] Jane Seymour: That wouldn't go down today, would it? [00:26:52] Dr. Taz: No. You know, and the mission of Whole Plus, of the [00:26:55] show and the platform and all of it, is to bring science and spirit together, bring the technology with [00:27:00] these other ways of living and being, and I think you're such a great representation of that. [00:27:04] Dr. Taz: Now, I [00:27:05] will say where I see many people start to trip when they think that way, there's a lot of [00:27:10] guilt, like, "Well, I can't go get Botox," or, you know, there's a lot of debate with, "Well, [00:27:15] how holistic should I be?" Or how, like in the modern world, or, "How much tech [00:27:20] should I use?" Again, how do you navigate that? [00:27:23] Dr. Taz: Like, you've, you've mentioned when it comes [00:27:25] to beauty, you've chosen not to go down the road. You're in Hollywood. We're sitting in [00:27:30] Hollywood, and you've chosen not to go down the road of Botox and fillers and facelifts and all [00:27:35] these different things, and they're widely available. You know, you at the same time have a career [00:27:40] that demands- Mm [00:27:41] Dr. Taz: that you're on camera, right? So how do you reconcile, [00:27:45] you know, this desire to be that holistic person, to be this [00:27:50] person that, you know, really embraces, you know, all these different healthy living lifestyle, but [00:27:55] in a career or in a fishbowl, you know, so to speak, where there's a [00:28:00] really big standard when it comes to how you look? [00:28:03] Jane Seymour: Well, it's a very interesting question, but [00:28:05] first of all, I look at the big picture. If I'm 73, almost [00:28:10] 74, um, why would I think that I would be playing a 40-year-old or a [00:28:15] 30-year-old? I'm not. [00:28:16] Dr. Taz: Right. [00:28:16] Jane Seymour: If I can keep myself well, I can definitely play [00:28:20] 50 or 60. So I want to be the best me that I can be. I have tried [00:28:25] Botox, and because I tried it, I know that it doesn't work for me. [00:28:29] Jane Seymour: I mean, [00:28:30] yes, it's great, 'cause suddenly, you know, you've got this, you know, polished, [00:28:35] polished face and nothing moves. Uh, but if you're an actress and you're trying to- It doesn't work ... you- you're trying to [00:28:40] have an expression, or if you're a human being in love with somebody or upset with somebody, [00:28:45] they don't know. [00:28:45] Jane Seymour: Mm-hmm. You know? "No. No, I don't like that." "You don't? Oh, you don't [00:28:50] appear to really not like it. You're just like..." Anyway, whatever it t- I- I can joke about it, but, [00:28:55] um, and I'm also just, you know, when, when we worry about whether something has [00:29:00] gluten in it or, or, or dairy in it, why are we not questioning- [00:29:04] Dr. Taz: That's so [00:29:05] funny [00:29:05] Jane Seymour: uh, botulism? Yeah. Like, okay. That's so true. All right, so [00:29:10] okay, so, and I'm again, I'm not going against anyone wanting to do any of the above, [00:29:15] the above. At the end, you still need to be healthy from the inside out. [00:29:19] Dr. Taz: Absolutely. [00:29:20] [00:29:20] Jane Seymour: So if you choose to do something, you know, that requires surgery or [00:29:25] whatever, um, and that makes you feel good about yourself, go for it. [00:29:29] Jane Seymour: [00:29:30] But you're still going to need to have the antioxidants, the, the vitamins. You're going to have to have, [00:29:35] uh, some kind of program to be beautiful and healthy from the inside out. [00:29:40] Because, um, when you're not healthy, it shows in your face- [00:29:43] Dr. Taz: And [00:29:43] Jane Seymour: I would say- ... right away. On your skin, [00:29:45] basically [00:29:45] Dr. Taz: And I would say these concepts are not, you know, divorced from each other. [00:29:49] Dr. Taz: Energy- [00:29:50] [00:29:50] Jane Seymour: Mm ... [00:29:50] Dr. Taz: and beauty go together. [00:29:52] Jane Seymour: Yes. [00:29:52] Dr. Taz: And energy is [00:29:55] driven by your chemistry, your nutritional chemistry, your passion for life, your purpose, your [00:30:00] spirit, all those different things. Beauty is actually, you know, I was thinking about this the other day. [00:30:05] We all think of beauty as this goal to kinda get to, right? [00:30:08] Dr. Taz: Like getting an A on a test. Well, [00:30:10] I'm gonna go get X, Y, and Z so that I'm, quote, unquote, "meeting beauty standards." [00:30:15] Beauty's actually more of a feeling, and when that energy is there within you, it [00:30:20] translates to beauty. And I think if we can start to change the definition around that, I think that's why [00:30:25] we are- Yeah [00:30:25] Dr. Taz: in awe of you, right? Yeah. It's beauty because it's energy in motion. It's [00:30:30] not just, like, this one-dimensional view- Yeah ... of who you are. So, you know, that's [00:30:35] so important. Now is it, and it's all connected. [00:30:38] Jane Seymour: Yeah. [00:30:38] Dr. Taz: And your energy is everything, and I [00:30:40] think I would just encourage everybody, you know, to understand that being [00:30:45] healthy is a gift. [00:30:46] Dr. Taz: Yeah. And we have to pursue it, just like you would pursue anything [00:30:50] else. And I, I couldn't be more aligned, you know, with that philosophy, and you're [00:30:55] such a great example of all of that. [00:30:56] Jane Seymour: Well, thank you. No, the other thing I thought about is once you try it and you realize it works [00:31:00] for you, and people are going, "Wow, that works," just think of the times you need to give a gift to someone or you [00:31:05] want to give- Ooh, yes [00:31:05] Jane Seymour: a gift to someone. That is a [00:31:06] Dr. Taz: good gift for everybody. [00:31:06] Jane Seymour: It's a great gift. That's a great [00:31:08] Dr. Taz: gift. I didn't even think about [00:31:08] Jane Seymour: either. You know, they can take it with them wherever they [00:31:10] go. It's not like flowers that die or- ... or an outfit that doesn't fit you anymore. [00:31:15] [00:31:15] Dr. Taz: Or a gift that you're not gonna use. There you go. [00:31:16] Dr. Taz: Or a gift that you're not gonna use. [00:31:17] Jane Seymour: Right. This you will use, and, uh, [00:31:20] and so will the whole family. [00:31:21] Dr. Taz: I love that. So I have one last question for you. Yes. What makes you [00:31:25] whole? [00:31:28] Jane Seymour: I think [00:31:30] living with an open heart and an open mind, having a purpose in life, [00:31:35] and feeling that I am using the gifts that I was given, in my [00:31:40] case, the ability to come and talk to someone like you or to talk to the world, [00:31:45] um, about what I have learnt through the privilege of being around some of the [00:31:50] best in terms of beauty, in terms of health, in terms of fitness, [00:31:55] and just feeling like I can share that and, and put [00:32:00] it out there, um, and maybe be some sort of beacon of hope.[00:32:05] [00:32:05] Dr. Taz: I love that. I love it. Well, I've admired you forever. Thank you. I'm so honored [00:32:10] that you have been on our show. I think you do embody the spirit of Whole Plus, which is really [00:32:15] bringing both science and spirit together. And I think that for anybody out there who's just [00:32:20] lost, I hope you watch and listen to this episode and know your next steps. [00:32:24] Dr. Taz: And thank you again [00:32:25] for being here. [00:32:25] Jane Seymour: Thank you