About Us

Hello, my name is Mark and I would like to share a little about myself. Hopefully this explains why I love these products and Pruvit!
I’m a recovering alcoholic, and in June of 2020, I will be celebrating 32 years of sobriety. During my 30’s, I was very active, playing softball and bowling. I had a very physical job and although I had always struggled with a sugar addiction I never had to worry about my weight. However, in 2003 I had second knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus, which put an end to my athletic career – both bowling and softball. I was quite fortunate that my company found me another job in an office. I couldn’t do the physical job that I had done for over 20 years any longer. Working in an office was quite challenging. It was a lot less physical and I was constantly surrounded by food temptation. Unfortunately, I also couldn’t get the exercise that I needed to control my weight. My sugar cravings got a bit out of control. And before I knew what was happening, I weighed in at 250 lbs.
My body ached. I had pains in my knees, my back, everywhere. I knew I needed to control my weight. I did the HCG diet three different times which worked fine until I stopped. I was not able to maintain the weight loss and usually gained back more than I had lost. Between 2009 and 2018, I managed to stay around 240 lbs. Which was far from a comfortable or healthy weight for me. I often was short of breath, felt tense and got exhausted quickly which caused stress eating. I knew I needed to do something but was very frustrated, all the diets I tried had failed. Then in July of 2018 I went to the doctor and he told me it was time to get serious about my health. My blood work was not favorable. He warned me medications were in my future.
At that time we had a friend who was losing weight and Rene’ asked her what she was doing. She had started these drinks (PTK’s) and was losing weight consistently. When Rene told me about it, I wasn’t that motivated at first, given my experiences with different diets I had earlier used. Rene’s tooth infection that caused some problems led her to start using the drinks.

Hello!! My name is Rene’ and I would love to share my story so you can understand my obsession with this product!! 

In 2001, I was prescribed pain medication after a serious back injury. I quickly became addicted and over the course of the next several years was on a terrible path of destruction.

In 2008, I finally gained control over my addiction. But not before bankrupting my health, my mind, and my family financially. With the support of Mark and my children we slowly started to rebuild what I had destroyed.

During the detox period, I noticed my inability to focus and remember things. I was in a constant brain fog. The energy it took to focus or remember things was overwhelming. Even the simplest tasks took so much effort! I was hoping it would be temporary and would clear as the drugs continued to clear out of my system. Unfortunately that did not happen. I worked daily memorizing, writing things down, and staying in a constant routine, just to function as I had before the injury. I figured I had done irreparable damage and was resigned to the fact that this was my way of life now, my punishment.

Fast forward to 2017. Mark and I had worked hard daily at rebuilding our lives. We purchased a home again and started new jobs in a different location. I continued my routines and got better and better at them daily! It felt like things were finally normalizing until an infection in my tooth changed things. I was prescribed several courses of antibiotics, leading me to use a probiotic, which broke me out in hives. My doctor prescribed steroids right before Christmas 2017. Within the first two days of taking this prescription the brain fog was back and just as intense as when I first started detoxing.