We at Best for Healthy Living believe that our food is our medicine. Healing begins with the foods we feed our bodies and the thoughts we feed our minds.

Ms. Cat, the owner of Best for Healthy Living, overcame some very serious health issues using nutrition and herbs. So many have heard Ms. Cat's testimony and have asked for the knowledge and resources she used to help herself to heal. So she created this website.

Here, you will find a resource for education.

Here, you will find a resource for some of the best herbs and supplements that help create true healing.

Ms. Cat's Testimony

There is a reason for all things. Sometimes we allow things to take place in our lives so that we might provide an example of His awesome power, grace and miracles.

1 Corinthians 10:11 "Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come."

Following is my personal story.

Things were going good in my life. I had money, success, an expanding business, family, friends, a decent home, plus time to play and enjoy life. I had all the things I thought were most important. That is, until my health began to deteriorate.

Throughout my life, I had been dealing with small health issues. You know, the pesky ones like allergies, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and some others. And for these conditions I would go to my family doctor and get a prescription. Pretty soon, I was taking a dozen medicines on a daily basis - and I wasn't getting better. But I trusted the doctors, so I did as I was told.

As the new millennium rolled around, I began picking up every single flu bug, virus, and other ailments. It seemed that all I had to do was to just look at someone who was sick - and I would get sick. It became "normal" to be sick year-round. So I learned to overlook the symptoms and continued to live my life. I would not allow these illnesses to keep me down for very long. Even from bed, I conducted business and contacted customers.

During all this, my many doctors had never questioned my personal lifestyle, my eating habits, my mental condition, nor my high prescription drug use. They just verified that the new prescription drug they were going to prescribe would not interfere with the ones I was already taking. And there you go ... no resolve - just drugs.

In 2002, I really didn't feel well, but I kept plugging along with my expanding business and kept working more than 12 hours a day. I was really enjoying my work. That is, until my body began to really give out.

I contracted a viral infection in my sinuses. My doctors began treating me for a sinus infection. I consumed several rounds of antibiotics. After a few months, I still had this infection plus a few more new ailments. The doctors chose to continue treating me with antibiotics and other medicines. By this time, my sinuses were completely closed, I had a constant fever, my face was swelling, I couldn't sleep because I couldn't breathe, and I was beginning to lose my teeth. The doctors could not understand why the antibiotics and medicines weren't working.

X-rays and scans showed that the infection was spreading throughout my facial features, specifically my jaw bones. The infection was causing deterioration of my jaw and teeth. A biopsy of the infected area soon revealed cancerous cells.

At this point, the doctors did not want to perform surgery to remove the infection because of the fear of exposing the cancerous cells to other parts of my body. They wanted to try to find a medicine that would eliminate the infection. But none was working. So ultimately, the infection mutated and spread throughout my body. A cancer called Acute Lymphatic Leukemia.

This diagnosis changed the treatment plan all together. Now my new doctors wanted to treat me with anti-cancer medicines (chemotherapy). It was at this point that the doctors finally took an interest in my lifestyle, my daily routine, and my food intake. Even still, all they said was that I would need to slow down and get more rest. Oh, and take more medicine.

Soon after, I became physically unable to keep up with my daily routine. I was tired, sick to my stomach, feverish, and mentally confused. I was told that these symptoms were normal in my condition.

I began to lose jobs because I could not keep up with the work. My medical bills began to pile up because my insurance would only pay a portion of the actual cost. My prescription co-pays rose to $3,000 each for a 4-6 week supply of medicine. And, I was feeling worse instead of better. That's when the depression began to set in.

My heart was in turmoil. What is going on? I was a good person and yet my life was being dismantled and taken away. Everything I had worked so hard for was being stripped from me. My life savings, my clients, my possessions, my mental stability, my health - all gone. But not my husband. Even still, the man I chose to spend my life with was also questioning the reasons for this. For we built this life together and it was being taken from him too. What was going on? And why?

As I layed in bed, re-evaluating my life, I felt the need to pray. I asked God to help me. "Please tell me what I need to do to be well again. Please give me my life back."

Matthew 21:22 "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

Two days later, a business associate introduced me to a Wellness Consultant. At that time I did not know what a Wellness Consultant was. She asked me to sit with her and explain what was going on in my life. Not just in my health, but in my life too. After more than 4 hours in her office, she helped me to understand how our mind, body, and spirit all affect each other. In order to truly heal your body, you must also heal your mind and spirit too. And the amazing point being that God has provided all the resources we need to do so.

With skepticism at first, I allowed her to teach me. It was then that I was introduced to an alternative to western medicine. Through books and the Bible, I learned that God has provided all that we need to live a healthy life - free of disease. God meant for food and herbs to be our medicine. I then learned that all prescription medicines have been developed based on the healing properties of a plant or herb.......

Romans 14:2 "For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs."

I wanted to learn more. So my wellness coach enrolled me in an education program called Wellness 101 - and get this - the class was located right down the road from me! I learned about health and nutrition, what causes disease, how foods are being raised and prepared for public consumption, how to read and understand a nutrition label, and how to use nutrition to prevent or combat illness.

This program did not tell me to make changes in my life. Rather, this program provided me the information I needed to make intelligent choices for myself, based on my situation and my needs. I made a personal choice to begin changing my eating habits and attempt to begin healing through nutrition and herbal therapy.

With the help of my wellness coach, I implemented a powerful blend of natural foods into my diet. And I stuck to it. Every day, for every meal, I blended these foods into a shake. I had already been on a liquid diet for months, so this shake was easy for me to implement. Six weeks to the day, I woke up and I actually felt better! I began to feel new hope and excitement. I also felt that I had the strength and resources to take control of my own healthcare.

I then began to work with my wellness coach on a weekly basis. She helped me to understand herbs and their healing properties. She also helped me to understand the prescription medicines I was taking and how drugs effect mental, physical and emotional elements of your body. Together we researched the medicines the doctors wanted me to take and found natural herbs that yield the same results.

When I questioned my doctors about alternative medicine, I was scolded, shamed, and told that herbs are non-effective and will only interfere with the treatment program set up for me. The more I questioned, the more resistance I received. Even my family thought that natural medicine and herbs were a bunch of bull. But my conscience was telling me otherwise. The more I prayed for the resources to heal my body, the more I was introduced to natural alternatives. In fact, the information and resources came right to me. People were brought into my life to teach me and information presented itself to me. I knew in my heart that I was on the right path.

Now, I had to make a decision whether to continue chemotherapy or to stop this treatment and rely completely on herbs and faith. My family begged me not to stop the doctor's treatment plan, but I wanted to start taking a very powerful blend of herbs developed by an herbal research laboratory. I couldn't do both because the chemotherapy medicine would kill the herbal properties. So I made a deal with them - give me just one week. I will do what I want to do for one week - if my blood tests were worse, then I would continue with the chemotherapy - if my blood tests were the same or better, then they are to leave me alone and let me continue with alternatives. Agreed.

The doctor said, with anger, that if I were to stop treatment now, I would certainly die. Since I was so sick, so broke, and three days from losing my home, death did not seem like a bad alternative to me.

So I began this research herbal blend. One week later, my blood tests were just slightly better. Not worse though! I received my family's blessing to continue my own treatment plan. Working closely with my wellness coach, I began to replace medicines with herbs. A couple months later, my blood tests proved great improvements. My infection and my cancer cells were beginning to dissolve.

One year later, I was infection free and cancer free! Not only that, but my allergies were going away, my arthritis was improving and many other ailments were nonexistent!

All this healing power from God and my faith in God!

Matthew 19:26 "But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, with men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."

This struggle was not completely over yet. The infection had already caused great damage to my jaw, my teeth, and my facial bones. Now we had to repair all the damage. I prayed for a surgeon to step forward to repair or replace the damaged bone. Within one week, one of the best surgeons in this field stepped forward and agreed to help for the amount my insurance was willing to pay.

Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

A year and a half and six surgeries later, I now have new jaw bones, upper pallet and new teeth. All this was done from the inside so I would not have facial scars.

In May of 2005, I had the opportunity to testify before the State Senate in support of the HB 117 that would allow holistic practitioners to be included on insurance plans. My actual testimony is following.

Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

During my illness, I lost many clients. Now, I am working to re-build my graphic design business. I pray that I can provide a valuable service to clients, build my business again, and provide testimony of God's powers, blessings and miracles.

Genesis 9:3 "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things."

IMPORTANT NOTE: This information is a personal story of my illness and what I did about it. I did not include details of this treatment on purpose. There is not one herb that cures everything. My alternative treatment includes a combination of food, herbs, and spirituality. Alternative treatments for someone else could be very different. If you are interested in taking control of your own healthcare, I will be happy to refer you to people and tools that can help.