Donna Mills, Knotts Landing Star Shares Her Secret Fitness Tips

Dec. 06, 2022 By Abhimanyu Singh

"Knots Landing" veteran Donna Mills is revealed how she stays in shape throughout the years.

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Mills, 81, spoke with AARP The Magazine about everything in her life, including eating "green and clean."

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During the soap opera years, she never ate pasta, sugar, bread, ice cream, cookies, or anything like that.

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She'll probably have half a glass of wine. Now she eats but is still careful.

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Mills is not a vegetarian, but she grows, picks, and eats a lot of vegetables," she shared with the outlet.

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Mills also said she will be moving forward with the plan in the coming years.

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Mills continued, " At 60, 70, later, you have so much more to contribute, don't just sit back and say, 'I'm done.'"

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Actress also shared with the outlet that she's spent a lot of time raising her daughter, Chloe. Took a break from Hollywood.

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