A simple step, taken early,
will make all the difference.
Why Optivive Exists
The problem isn’t surgery or performance. It’s being underprepared.
Modern surgery, chemotherapy, and high-intensity physical activity place enormous stress on the body.
Yet most people enter these moments nutritionally depleted, often fasted, dehydrated, or relying on generic clear beverages that provide calories, but little else.
Optivive was created to address that gap: a functional beverage designed to support the body before stress occurs, not after the damage is done.
The Optivive Story
Michael S. Beckenstein, M.D., is a double-boarded plastic surgeon who realized how important nutrition is to all surgical patients during his burn unit experiences. Good nutrition promotes wound healing, boosts immunity, and reduces infection and discomfort while making recovery easier. Throughout the 25 years of his practice, he has advised and prescribed his patients' nutrition regimens to use before and after surgery. He even received certifications in nutrition and sports performance nutrition.
Over the years, he continued to evolve and improve upon these regimens as new products became available. When the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) was introduced, patients could consume a clear beverage, such as Gatorade or Powerade, 2 hours before surgery.
A Vision
Dr. Beckenstein adopted this practice for his patients but also had the vision to improve it. He envisioned a beverage full of ingredients providing fuel and essential nutrients to allow patients to undergo surgery as they were fully nourished.
Optivive was developed over four years with the expertise of Dennis Morales and Drinklabs. This formula is great for surgical patients, colonoscopy preparation, chemotherapy patients, and those with a cold or flu. Optivive is also beneficial for rigorous workouts and alleviating hangovers.
Precovery Support
Optivive provides metabolic readiness through the rapidly absorbed sugar Maltodextrin and eight energy-generating ingredients, providing the body with an immediate fuel source to burn during surgery. This leaves the reserve stores, which usually are burned during surgery, available for post-operative needs.
Not only does Optivive provide instant fuel, its ingredients enhance cardiovascular and muscle function, muscle repair, and endurance. It also contains antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and anti-nausea agents, as well as several natural antibiotics. Optivive boosts immunity and promotes wound healing and muscle repair. By loading up with it prior to surgery, these agents are already working for you.
Fuel the body without the rush
Optivive is not in the energy drink class that touts increased energy and mental performance. Typical energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine, sugars, and other ingredients like taurine, guanine, and ginseng.
Optivive achieves performance using non-stimulant ingredients that are safer for your body and won't result in a crash. Unlike pre-workouts, Optivive is a pre-covery beverage that provides an instant fuel source for your body's performance, leaving your normal fuel stores to be used afterward. This eliminates that awful feeling of recovery.
