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(Photo by Stephen Hilger/Bloomberg via Getty Images) UNITED STATES - JUNE 19: Cans of Dr Pepper sit on a pantry shelf in New York, Tuesday, June 19, 2007\. Cadbury Schweppes Plc, the world's biggest candy company, plans to cut 7,500 jobs and sell the U.S. drinks unit that makes Dr Pepper and 7 Up to shore up profit and raise funds for expansion. (Photo by Stephen Hilger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Stephen Hilger—Bloomberg / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 20, 2015 2:30 PM UTC The world’s oldest people have all kinds of advice for living longer. [Their secrets](http://time.com/3731504/longevity-secrets-worlds-oldest-person/) range from staying away from men and believing in the Lord to smoking cigars and eating a ton of pork. But for Elizabeth Sullivan, a Texas woman who just turned 104, the secret to longevity is Dr Pepper. She’s been drinking three cans a day for about 40 years, [she told](http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/03/18/dr-pepper-the-doctor-of-choice-for-a-104-year-old-woman/) Forth Worth’s CBS affiliate. “Every doctor that sees me says they’ll kill you, but they die and I don’t,” she says. “So there must be a mistake somewhere.” For her 104th birthday, Sullivan got a gift basket from Larry Young, the CEO of Dr Pepper Snapple Group. She also got a cake shaped like a can of Dr Pepper, because obviously. _Read next:_ [_Calorie Count Coming Soon to a Can of Guinness Near You_](http://time.com/3752518/diageo-calorie-count/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ### These Are The Oldest Living People in the World  Misao Okawa, the world's oldest living person, looks on her 116th birthday celebration at Kurenai Nursing Home on March 5, 2014 in Osaka, Japan. 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