Mark Sisson (born July 1953) is an American fitness author, food blogger, and a former distance runner, triathlete and

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competitor.

Biography

Sisson was born in

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and is the oldest of four siblings. He attended

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, where he was a pre-med candidate and earned a biology degree. Sisson is married to his wife Carrie. They have two children. Sisson is a follower of the

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and markets his own version of it, called the "Primal Blueprint" diet. 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, including the best-selling book, ''The Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever''. Sisson finished 4th in the February 1982

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. In the 1970s, he was a record-setting runner for the Portland (Maine) Track Club. He had a top-5 finish in the 1980 U.S. National Marathon Championships and earned a qualifying spot for the 1980

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. Sisson served for 15 years as chairman of the

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(ITU) Anti-Doping Commission and as the ITU's liaison to the

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. He was asked to step down from the roles due to

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in 2003 when he started his own

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company, Primal Nutrition.

Primal Kitchen

In 2015, Sisson and Morgan Buehler co-founded Primal Kitchen, "...an authentic, premium and growing brand that ... offer health-conscious consumers the best possible choices in Condiments, Sauces, Dressings and Healthy Snacks." In 2018,

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announced a definitive agreement to acquire Primal Kitchen for approximately $200 million.

Bibliography

* ''The Primal Blueprint'' (2009, ) * ''The New Primal Blueprint'' (2016, ) * ''The Keto Reset Diet'' (2017, ) * ''Primal Endurance'' (2015, ) * ''Two Meals a Day'' (2021)

References

External links

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