![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/worlds-7th-oldest-person-reveals-diet-that-got-her-to-celebrating-her-114th-birthday/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Elizabeth.jpg&description=Elizabeth Francis recently celebrated her 114th birthday, becoming the oldest person in Texas, something her family believe is down to her "lifestyle" choices including her diet One of the world's oldest people has recently celebrated her 114th birthday - and her family are pretty sure a lot of her longevity came from her diet. Elizabeth Francis celebrated her 114th birthday last week, becoming the oldest living person in Texas, the second oldest in the US and seventh in the world. When asked how it felt to turn 114, Elizabeth said: "I don't know, I just thank the good Lord for keeping me." Her longevity seems to be genetic as well, with her sister living to be 106 - making them some of the oldest siblings on record for a time. Her daughter, 94, and granddaughter, 68, were by her side to celebrate the occasion. Elizabeth's granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, believes much of her grandma's success to a long life is in her diet and "lifestyle". The 114-year-old says she's "never" smoked, doesn't drink, and eats "everything". For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US "She always grew her vegetables in the backyard. I never saw her go to a fast food restaurant much as like Chick-fil-A and all the places I liked to go. She never did that," said Ethel. "Whenever you went to her house, I don't care what day of the week, she was cooking. So, I just think that had a lot to do with it too. Just how she took care of her body and things like that." Geriatric doctor Dr Holly Holmes said Elizabeth has done everything right when it comes to leading a long life. She said: "Things that we know we need to do like moving more, eating better, having a more plant-based diet, having social connections, avoiding loneliness and isolation." Elizabeth was born in 1909 - a time when William Taft was president of the US, 90 per cent of babies were born at home, and women and Black people could not vote. She has lived with World Wars, segregation and){kind=link}
Elizabeth Francis recently celebrated her 114th birthday, becoming the oldest person in Texas, something her family believe is down to her “lifestyle” choices including her diet
One of the world’s oldest people has recently celebrated her 114th birthday – and her family are pretty sure a lot of her longevity came from her diet.
Elizabeth Francis celebrated her 114th birthday last week, becoming the oldest living person in Texas, the second oldest in the US and seventh in the world. When asked how it felt to turn 114, Elizabeth said: “I don’t know, I just thank the good Lord for keeping me.”
Her longevity seems to be genetic as well, with her sister living to be 106 – making them some of the oldest siblings on record for a time. Her daughter, 94, and granddaughter, 68, were by her side to celebrate the occasion.
Elizabeth’s granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, believes much of her grandma’s success to a long life is in her diet and “lifestyle”. The 114-year-old says she’s “never” smoked, doesn’t drink, and eats “everything”.