About
Who is the Primal Parent?
My name is Peggy Emch. I a thinker, a dissident, a musician, and an outdoor enthusiast. I have a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Colorado and have spent the last 10 years since researching nutrition, writing blogs, articles, a novel, an album, and of course having tons of outdoor fun with my family!
Some of my most enjoyable pastimes include, but are by no means limited to, snowboarding, playing the piano, researching and writing, scuba diving, and reading books in the sun.
While I’ve managed to get an excellent tan studying the plethora of conflicting nutritional dogma, I have also come to understand that this stuff really isn’t rocket science.
All of the animals on earth achieve health effortlessly and humans, too, managed to be very successful (until recently) abiding by the rules of tradition.
Why the Primal Diet?
Since the invention of agriculture not only has our diet changed but our entire lifestyles have shifted to that of physical stagnation and mental overexertion. As our minds, bodies, and relationships fester with disease, scientists and philosophers have discovered that a return to the basic traditions of our primal past can postpone old age, cure disease, and quell the busy, worried minds of the 21st century. 
Why the Primal Parent?
I have discovered that this same commitment can build strong family bonds and foster calm, happy children.
Every one of us has the potential for vibrant health and every parent has the right to well behaved, intelligent, creative children.
This website is intended as a resource for individuals, parents, and parents-to-be who are on the road to health and who are learning to navigate these ill-accepted choices we make, not just in the foods we eat but in the ways we live our lives.
Eating Primally is only part of a return to healthy living. Most of us find that our lifestyles change and that brings up many questions. I enjoy tossing these questions around.
I take an honest and raw approach to writing about subjects that matter. They are often controversial and passionate.
My first book on the subject of eating and living Primally will be about pregnancy and how it can help us avoid many of the modern ills we’ve come to expect and fear. The book will be published in late summer 2012 and will be available everywhere books are sold.
The Primal miracle
My own adventure with Primal/Paleo began in 2005 after finding out I had celiac disease. Eliminating gluten by no means fixed me right up so I continued searching for ways to manage my acne, depression, digestive troubles, joint pain, numbness in my limbs, PCOS, and countless other symptoms.
Within three months of eliminating modern foods, I was pregnant. This unexpected miracle galvanized my interest in Primal eating.
Over time, I experimented with many versions of the Paleo diet until I finally managed to eliminate the conditions that plagued me for two decades.
Now, more than 6 years later, I am finally ready to add a little bulk to the family and am pregnant with thing number 2. The baby is due the first week of August or there-abouts. 
