hol+ with Dr. Taz MD is redefining modern medicine through a comprehensive, evidence-based holistic approach; integrating functional medicine, integrative medicine, and time-tested healing systems to treat the whole human, not just symptoms.
Hosted by Dr. Tasneem Bhatia (Dr. Taz), triple board-certified physician in integrative, functional, and holistic medicine, bestselling Penguin Random House author, and founder of hol+; a comprehensive evidence-based holistic medicine platform with clinics in Atlanta, New York City, and Los Angeles, and virtual care available nationwide.
At the heart of hol+ is a revolutionary framework: the Five Body Map- physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and social/community bodies that create whole health. This whole-human approach connects hormone imbalances, gut dysfunction, microinflammation, cortisol dysregulation, metabolic disease, autoimmune conditions, perimenopause, and stress-driven illness to the full spectrum of who we are; body, mind, and spirit.
Each episode explores Dr. Taz’s original clinical frameworks ;The Cortisol Loop, Microinflammation, and The Invisible Load alongside conversations with leading experts, celebrities, and thought leaders including Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Cameron Mathison, Carol Alt, Jane Seymour, Tamsen Fadal, and Kris Carr.
Topics include hormone health, gut health, GLP-1 and metabolic therapy, thyroid dysfunction, weight loss, inflammation, autoimmune disease, mental and emotional wellness, energetic health, and the future of holistic medicine.
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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