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Watch: 104-year-old Dr. Pepper fan boasts of outliving doctors who told her to stop drinking soda

Published Mar 27th, 2015 4:16PM EDT
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It’s always great to see someone maintain their joie de vivre late in life and that’s certainly the case with 104-year-old Elizabeth Sullivan, who told CNN this week that she’s been drinking three Dr. Peppers a day for decades and that she’s never been to the hospital unless it’s to give birth or have her tonsils removed.

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And that’s not all: In one of history’s great drop-the-mic moments, Sullivan boasts to CNN that she’s had “two doctors who have told me that if I drink it I will die, but they died first.” She also thinks because she’s lived so long, the drink must actually be good for her because her body has a unique need for sugar that almost no one else in the world has.

We wouldn’t take her medical advice for any reason, but Elizabeth Sullivan is nonetheless awesome. Watch her in action below.

Brad Reed
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.