My daily mission is to live my greatest health and help as many people as possible do the same. Whatever your age and health goals, you determine your health success. Here are few pictures to get to know me better and see how I make my quality of health a part of everything I do, and you can do the same!
MARK MACDONALD HEALTH EXPERT
Mark has been featured as a health expert in over 10,000 media segments NATIONALLY AND internationally.
Most importantLY, I'm a husband to Abbi, and dad to our kids, Hunter and Hope.
Professionally, I'm a world-renowned nutrition & fitness expert, NY Times best-selling author, media personality, international speaker, and entrepreneur.
Throughout the last 25 years I've had the incredible opportunity to help lead health movements in over 60 countries, 6 continents, empowering millions of people, and partnering with thousands of organizations.
My life’s mission is to change how the world looks at food, empowering people to live their greatest health.
My Struggle with Dieting and the Journey to True Health
I started questioning the dieting world at seven years old, watching my mom struggle with yo-yo dieting. I then also watched my dad suffer with digestion challenges. These experiences made an imprint on me and led me to focus on nutrition and fitness in college.
As a division 1 collegiate soccer player I could eat whatever I wanted and used exercise to stay lean. But the moment my soccer days ended; I gained sixty pound in six months. This triggered me to enter the dieting world in 1996 and live on a ketogenic diet. I took his body fat to 3%, became one of the top fitness models in Los Angeles, California, but I felt horrible.
I was obsessed with food and my body, and my wife Abbi shared food was controlling my every thought, and something needed to change.
Launching a Global Nutrition Movement with PFC3
I went back my nutrition foundation and realized winning with your food and body isn’t about dieting or restriction but centered on balancing your blood sugar. I took this simple concept of eating PFC3 (eating a balance of protein, fats, and carbs every 3 hours) and in 1999 launched my first nutrition practice Venice Nutrition in Venice Beach, California. I've now helped lead global PFC3 movements in over 60 countries, 6 continents and in 30+ languages.
The next evolution of the PFC3 global movement is the creation of the Formula for Food Freedom, which is a full immersion into a robust Body-Mind-Lifestyle approach, with a focus on 1% daily health progress.
Our flagship program, 100 Days of 1%, is focused on educating and meeting people where they are in their health journey, and delivering the power of 1% daily progress.
The Birth of Zive 7: A 25-Year Journey to Digestive Health
But what we also realized is that many times we each need a boost to help optimze our digesiton, which led us to an epic ride over 25 years traveling the globe across six continents and reaching 60+ countries to help millions with their digestive challenges to create Zive 7.
Zive 7 a Revolutionary 7-in-1 and NSF Sport Certified product, rooted in the deep science of gut health and blood sugar.
Age, genetics, daily stress and any process foods can cause chaos on your gut health and blood sugar.
The adage goes, "You are what you eat," but let's be real, it’s more like, "You are what you metabolize and absorb." Introducing Zive™ 7, your new BFF for digestive health!
And the best part about each step in our journey is we keep driving to real, simple and sustainble health solutions to help you forever live your greatest health!
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