‘You’ve been wasting your money on oral glutathione for years’

The year was 2005, and Maureen Estrada was the archetypal Filipino registered nurse. Caring, hardworking, thorough, efficient and just waiting for her employment papers from abroad to come through for better pay.

Having resigned from her hospital job while counting down the final stretch to her big move, Estrada felt restless all the same. Never one to put up her feet for more than a day, even after the most toxic duty, the pretty and petite medical professional decided to look into the glutathione beauty craze she never had time to look into and try.

“I was quite on the morena side,” Estrada, now fair as fair can be, revealed to The T-Zone present day. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but by preference, I wanted to undergo a little skin-lightening before I left for my confidence.”

Estrada was thrilled when A-list celebrity Marian Rivera agreed to endorse her product, immediately adding to the brand’s credibility. 

Checking out the methods and brands that flooded the market and determining through research which ones were safe and best to use, Estrada tried both supplements and injectibles and liked the results.

Over a short period, Estrada found that as her confidence kept growing, she felt healthier than ever with continued use of the all-natural supplement, she was also making so much money selling it.

“Everything I have today is because of glutathione,” she gratefully averred, referring to both well-being and the material gain of turning her advocacy into a livelihood. “Believe it or not, I was making so much money selling gluta I decided to forgo my plans to migrate when my papers finally came through!”

Happy she no longer had to leave her family and friends and yet successfully thrive at home, Estrada eventually pursued the nutraceutical business in earnest and founded Oxina Nutricosmetics in 2016.

“Given my background as a nurse, I found the courage to manufacture my own brand of glutathione, especially since I never stopped researching developments in the field, whether lab studies or technological advancements. Basta anything to do with glutathione, I always stay updated,” said the company CEO.

It is interesting to note, however, that until 2022, Oxina concentrated only on the manufacturing and marketing of glutathione for IV (intravenous) and injectable delivery.

Maureen Estrada, founder and CEO of NuWhite 

“We generally sold our products to doctors and clinics because I knew from experience that these were the delivery methods that worked for me, not my religious intake of supplements. So, even if it was less convenient, I had to go out for gluta to be administered because otherwise, I didn’t get the results I should get.”

Soon enough, Estrada got her hands on verified studies from Europe that oral absorption of glutathione has been proven ineffective, meaning the capsule, tablet and other ingested forms that are so popular in the Philippines up to now. The subcutaneous method was found scientifically guaranteed to deliver 100 percent absorption, as she had observed all along.

“This is the problem facing the makers of oral supplements in the Philippines today because the latest European findings show that once gluta reaches the digestive tract, its absorption rate is significantly decreased,” Estrada elaborated.

Troubled by how the large consumer base of Filipino supplements-users is not getting their money’s worth, Estrada didn’t let up on the issue and kept a close eye on the solutions scientists were working on.

“As I said, I am so grateful to this industry for changing my life,” reiterated the nurse-turned-CEO. “As the gluta expert and enthusiast I’ve become, I was determined to give the public the most innovative product that would outclass all existing products in the market in terms of superiority, efficacy and efficiency while still making it accessible and affordable for all.” With her eyes and ears wide open for developments, it didn’t take long until Estrada learned about Italy’s breakthrough solution.

“They found that a molecule known as S-Acetyl when bonded to glutathione, enables 100 percent absorption during digestion.”

Securing the ingredients and technology for S-Acetyl Glutathione straight from its makers, the Italian laboratory Emothion, Estrada quickly went to work on developing Oxina’s very first oral supplement, now available in the market under the NuWhite brand.

“The US-patented S-Acetyl glutathione as NuWhite’s active ingredient solves the absorption problem by using the in-body form of glutathione where the acetyl component protects it from degradation during the digestive process,” she explained.

More detailed and scientific information on the technology and efficacy may be found on the website http://nuwhite.com.ph/nuwhite-7-day-trial-pack/.

“The unique combination of ingredients of NuWhite makes it the most powerful oral form in the market and can promise results in just 28 days or less,” Estrada confidently declared.

She also proudly noted that her company made sure to price NuWhite lower than the day’s leading brands of gluta supplements, despite its expensive all-imported ingredients, because she genuinely wants to give back.

Finally asked why loyal users of other brands should believe her and switch, Estrada gratefully replied, “You know, I can’t help but think God has guided me in my intention to give consumers the product they deserve. Everything just keeps falling into place with NuWhite.

“I mean, it was only a dream of mine to get Marian Rivera to endorse our product, but somehow we found a way to reach her, and when we did and explained the purpose of NuWhite to her, she didn’t think twice about joining us and immediately said yes.

“Knowing how careful Marian is in choosing her endorsements as one of the most credible celebrities we have today, I think that says a lot about why people should believe in the power of S-Acetyl Glutathione.”