Taylor Dane, the 47-year-old former 80s pop star is now a crooner on the CMTV Gone Country 3 and she still looks as great as she did 20 years ago. In an interview with Ok Magazine she discussed her views on beauty and fitness as women approach the later years of life.  When asked her secret to looking young she did say that there is nothing wrong with a little bit of Botox and hormone replacement therapy but she also stressed the importance of exercise.  She said,

“And I’m telling you – exercise, exercise, exercise…As a woman, as you get older, you get challenged by that all the time because your body works against you a lot because we are hormonally challenged so much….I always had a lot of anxiety in my body, you know, so working out helps with that, and I believe in a lot of hormone replacement therapy. It’s worked for me successfully.”

Taylor has a unique exercise plan that offers a lot of good variety.  She told the magazine,

“I like to mix it up. I do anything from hiking, running, I do something called Barry’s Boot Camp a couple times of week if I can do it, and just straight-up go to the gym.”

Barry’s Boot Camp is a mix of high-impact aerobics with running and incline and then 30 minutes of training with free-weights in traditional military style.  As for Taylor’s diet plan, it isn’t so much of a diet but it’s more about being sensible and making healthy food choices.  She explained,

“I hate dieting, but what am I going to do? With this body, I have to. I don’t naturally have Angelina Jolie’s body, let me tell you. I’m a curvaceous girl. It’s a day-to-day thing. It sucks. It’s awful. High protein, low carbs. I’m not a big sugar mama, so that’s OK, but the usual high protein, good food. Try to stay away from processed foods, because at the end of the day, that always kills you.”

Celeb Diet Doc…
I assume that when Taylor talks about Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) she is referring to bioidentical hormones. I would recommend against standard HRT (Premarin, Premphase, Prempro – based on hormones extracted from horse urine) prescribed by most physicians as this will increase your risk of stroke, blood clots, cancer and heart disease. You want to go with bioidentical hormones or natural hormones that are identical in structure to your own hormones. The key is that the bioidentical estrogen component should be taken transdermal/transmucosal to avoid first past through the liver. Both synthetic and bioidentical hormone therapy will increase your risk of blood clots when given orally because of this first pass via the liver issue. Before starting HRT, I suggest you do your research and seek out a physician who specializes in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.

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