118-year-old Sister André, a French nun, was officially announced as the oldest living person last week, according to Guinness World Records, and shared some of her secrets to living such a long life.
The daily habits of the oldest person in the world have been documented over time, as everyone is searching to find the trick to a long, healthy life.
Susannah Mushatt Jones, who passed away at 116 in 2016, was said to have eaten bacon every single day, according to People. While Agnes Felton, who died at 112 in 2017, was rumored to drink three Miller High Life beers a day.
Sister André takes after the two women, and drinks a glass of wine every day, her nursing home, Résidence Catherine Labouré, told CNN. Wine isn't her only guilty pleasure, as she is a big fan of chocolate as well.
"Her glass of wine maintains her and which is perhaps her longevity secret. I don't know - I don't encourage people to drink a glass of wine everyday!" a staff member from the nursing home said, according to the Guinness World Records statement.
She earned the title of oldest person alive following the death of Kane Tanaka from Japan on April 19. Tanaka lived to be 119 years old.
Sister André was born as Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904, and took her name in 1944. She was a teacher when she was young, and then looked over children during World War II. She spent 28 years after the war working with orphans and the elderly in Vichy, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France before becoming a nun. Now, she's the oldest living nun as well.
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Sister André also earned another record-setting title within the past year, as she became the oldest COVID-19 survivor. She tested positive on Jan. 16, 2021, and luckily recovered within three weeks after having no symptoms. Sister André was then able to celebrate her 117th birthday after her battle with the virus.
She has been living in the nursing home for 12 years, as she gets around in a wheelchair and is partially deaf. Although, she tries to keep her mind active throughout the day.
"They get me up at 7 a.m., they give me my breakfast, then they put me at my desk where I stay busy with little things," she said.
She also credited working for as long as possible as one of the reasons she's grown to live so long.
"People say that work kills, for me work kept me alive, I kept working until I was 108," she said, according to CBS News.
Sister André told it's French TV channel RMC Story on Tuesday that it's a "sad honor" to become the oldest living person in the world, but added that it just isn't her time to go yet.
"I feel I would be better off in heaven, but the good Lord doesn't want me yet," Sister André said.
The record for oldest living person of all time is within her reach, as it currently belongs to fellow France native, Jeanne Louise Calment, who was born in 1875 and lived to be 122 years, 164 days old. David Tavella, an activity leader at the nursing home and her confidant, told CBS News that Sister André believes that the record "is within reach, if she's going to stay on Earth, she might as well make it."
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