Mark Sisson

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Mark Sisson
Born (1953-07-20) July 20, 1953 (age 70)
Nationality American
Alma materWilliams College
Occupation(s)Triathlete, marathoner, author

Mark Sisson (born July 20, 1953) is an American fitness author, food blogger, and a former distance runner, triathlete and Ironman competitor. [1] He frequently posts to his website and blog, Mark's Daily Apple.

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Biography

Sisson was born in Maine and is the oldest of four siblings. He attended Williams College, where he was a pre-med candidate and earned a biology degree. [2]

Sisson is married to his wife Carrie. They have two children. [3] Sisson is a follower of the paleo diet [4] and markets his own version of it, called the "Primal Blueprint" diet. [5] As part of this initiative, he started a food blog, "Mark's Daily Apple", in 2006 and has also written a number of diet and exercise books, [6] including the best-selling book, The Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever. [7]

Sisson finished 4th in the February 1982 Ironman World Championship. [8] In the 1970s, he was a record-setting runner for the Portland (Maine) Track Club. [9] He had a top-5 finish in the 1980 U.S. National Marathon Championships and earned a qualifying spot for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials. [2]

Sisson served for 15 years as chairman of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Anti-Doping Commission and as the ITU's liaison to the International Olympic Committee. [8] He was asked to step down from the roles due to conflict of interest in 2003 when he started his own dietary supplement company, Primal Nutrition. [8]

Primal Kitchen

In 2015, Sisson and Morgan Buehler co-founded Primal Kitchen, "an authentic, premium and growing brand that ... offer[s] health-conscious consumers the best possible choices in Condiments, Sauces, Dressings and Healthy Snacks." In 2018, Kraft Heinz announced a definitive agreement to acquire Primal Kitchen for approximately $200 million. [10]

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