March 24th, 2025
George Foreman has passed. Just a few months older than I am, I had the privilege of crossing paths with the great Mr. Foreman. In July 2006, shortly after we had finished developing The Big Pitcher, a friend called to tell me that the television…
December 27th, 2024
It’s 6:30 a.m., and as my husband says, “THIS is what I wake up to!”—a conversation about oxygen, of course. But there’s a reason why I can’t stop talking about it. Every supplement, every vitamin, every diet, and every exercise program…
December 27th, 2024
Reaching and maintaining a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) within the range of 18.5 to 24.9 significantly reduces the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, respiratory issues, and certain cancers….
October 8th, 2024
Well, well, well. I’ve been AWOL for too long and what a day to come back! It’s NATIONAL OXYGEN AWARENESS DAY everybody! Know your blood oxygen saturation number. Go to your pharmacy and purchase a pulse oximeter – they’re not expensive. See…
November 7th, 2023
Blood alcohol is the alcohol that has not been metabolized by the stomach, pancreas and liver and which makes it to the bloodstream. When a driver is pulled over, his or her breathalyzer result will give the officer an indication of how much alcohol…
June 27th, 2023
Oxygen Orchard, Inc. is a very small company, now based in Wharton, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Over the last two decades, my husband, Lee, and I have had ups and downs, lurches and hurls. We came into this business of manufacturing almost by…
March 11th, 2023
It’s been a minute since I was here – quite a lot happening in Big Pitcher world. But I watched a rather lengthy video and would like to share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ioZDf5QO8 Dr. John Campbell has been instrumental in presenting…
July 27th, 2022
Twenty two years ago, when I began to research the physiological role of oxygen in the body, absorbed from oxygen-saturated drinking water, I coined the term “Chronic Oxygen Debt Syndrome”. The term, I thought, encapsulated the concept of an…