Our Story
My name is Maleke Jones, and Alive, Revive & Thrive started with a health scare.
It was April 2021, the night after my sister’s birthday. I’d just finished a meal from my favorite spot, Cook-Out: a big double cheeseburger with ketchup and mayo, a ranch wrap, chicken nuggets and an Oreo cheesecake milkshake. Later that night, while I was playing Call of Duty, I felt a strange pain in the center of my chest that spread down my left arm. I told myself that if it was still there in the morning, I’d go to urgent care.
It was still there.
Urgent care sent me to the ER, where they ran test after test. No heart attack, no stroke, nothing. But the pain didn’t go away. I went back again and again and kept hearing that nothing was wrong. Finally, a cardiologist diagnosed me with costochondritis, an inflammation of the cartilage around the sternum that can feel a lot like a heart attack. His advice was to take ibuprofen whenever it flared up.
Me being me, I didn’t want to rely on pills for the rest of my life. So I started changing my diet: cutting things out, adding things in, paying attention to how my body responded. Then I heard about juice cleanses. I knew nothing about them, but I was desperate enough to try. I made my own: eight fresh juices in one day, with coconut water in between.
Within 24 hours, my chest pain was gone.
From that moment on, I started sharing my juices on Instagram. People asked what was in them, where they could get them, and if I’d make some for them. One thing led to another, and before I knew it, a business was born.
Where it started: January 2024
Today, Alive, Revive & Thrive LLC is centered around one mission: healing one body at a time. Every bottle is cold-pressed, 100% organic and made fresh to order right here in Charlotte, NC.
We go by A.R.T. for short, because your body is A.R.T.
This is my personal experience and not medical advice. Always talk with your doctor about any health concerns.