Mark Sisson
{{short description|American endurance athlete}}
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Mark Sisson (born July 20, 1953) is an American fitness author, food blogger, and a former distance runner, triathlete and Ironman competitor.{{Cite news |last=Lynch |first=Rene |url=http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-primal-with-mark-sisson-20150228-story.html#page=1 |title=Getting primal with Mark Sisson |date=February 28, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}} He frequently posts to his website and blog, Mark's Daily Apple.
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.{{Cite news |last=Dorsey |first=Patrick |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index/_/id/6654106 |title=Mark Sission, 57, shows it's never too late to get ripped |access-date=2018-12-21}}
Sisson and his wife, Carrie, have two children.{{Cite web |url=http://blog.primalblueprint.com/episode-164-devyn-sisson-and-kyle-sisson/ |title=Episode #164: Devyn Sisson and Kyle Sisson | Primal Blueprint Blog}} He is a follower of the paleo diet{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-epigenetics-side-20100503-story.html |title=Can you master your own epigenetics? |date=May 3, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}} and markets his own version of it, called the "Primal Blueprint" diet.Lambeth Hochwald, [https://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/paleo-vs-primal-diet-whats-the-difference "Paleo vs. primal diet: What's the difference?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918154558/https://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/paleo-vs-primal-diet-whats-the-difference|date=2017-09-18}}, Mother Nature Network, 28 May 2015. 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,{{Cite news |last=Hirsch |first=Lauren |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/kraft-heinz-nears-deal-for-mayo-and-dressing-company-primal-kitchen.html |title=Kraft Heinz agrees to buy paleo mayo and dressing company Primal Kitchen |date=2018-11-29 |work=CNBC}} including the bestselling book, The Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever.{{Cite web |url=https://www.primalkitchen.com/blogs/recipes/the-keto-reset-diet-named-a-new-york-times-bestseller |title=The Keto Reset Diet Named a New York Times Bestseller}}
Sisson finished 4th in the February 1982 Ironman World Championship.{{Cite news |last=Dwyre |first=Bill |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-01-sp-olydwyredrugs1-story.html |title=Cheaters still prosper in drug games |date=August 1, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times}} In the 1970s, he was a record-setting runner for the Portland (Maine) Track Club.{{Cite news |last=Haskell |first=Bob |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0AE1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3177,1870532&dq=mark-sisson+-www-marksdailyapple-com&hl=en |title=Mad Witch field minus Babbidge, defending champ |date=August 20, 1976 |work=[Bangor Daily News}} 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.
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. 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.
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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181129005543/en/Kraft-Heinz-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-Acquire-Primal |title=Kraft Heinz Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Primal Kitchen |date=2018-11-29 |work=Business Wire}}
Peluva
In 2021, Sisson and his son, Kyle Sisson co-founded [https://peluva.com/ Peluva], a barefoot shoe brand "designed to enlighten your natural movement in all of life's moments and transitions".{{cite news |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Ashwin |title=‘Barefoot’ sneakers are extending their grip in the sneaker world. Here’s why |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90920435/barefoot-sneakers-nike-five-fingers-vivobarefoot |access-date=5 June 2024 |publisher=FastCompany |ref=FastCompany}}{{cite web |title=Our Story |url=https://peluva.com/pages/our-story |website=Peluva |access-date=5 June 2024 |language=en}}
Bibliography
- The Primal Blueprint (2009, {{ISBN|978-0982207703}})
- The Primal Connection (2013, {{ISBN|978-0984755103}})
- The New Primal Blueprint (2016, {{ISBN|978-1939563309}})
- The Keto Reset Diet (2017, {{ISBN|978-1524762230}})
- Primal Endurance (2015, {{ISBN|978-1939563088}})
- Two Meals a Day (2021)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6950082}}
- [https://www.marksdailyapple.com Mark's Daily Apple]
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Category:American male triathletes
Category:People from Malibu, California
Category:Williams College alumni
Category:Paleolithic diet advocates