Lauren Windas Nutrition

Reflecting on my time in South Africa 🇿🇦, I was reminded that wellness isn’t just what’s on your plate.

It’s the moments that slow you down, the spaces that hold you, and the presence you invite in. 🐘🦓🐯🐆🪾🌳

𝐌𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰...

As 2025 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the meaningful year it’s been 🤍💫

One of the biggest highlights has been seeing the Virtual Wellbeing Clinic grow - not just in numbers, but as a community. 

Watching our expert practitioners support our lovely clients with holistic, compassionate care and help them feel healthier, more energised, and truly seen has been such a joy to witness.

I’ve also loved getting out into corporate workshops, talking about women’s health, gut health, fatigue, stress, and mental wellbeing, and sharing my own fatigue journey through talks that bring awareness, education, and hope to those suffering with chronic illness.

On top of that, growing our retail activations and seeing our candles bring a little warmth and wellbeing into people’s homes was also such a treat.

I’m so grateful to the organisations, the individuals who shared their stories, and the incredible team who show up with heart and expertise every single day.

This post really feels like a snapshot of 2025 - a year full of connection, growth, and creating moments that bring wellbeing and joy to others.

Here’s to a healthy, happy, and purposeful 2026, to all of you lovely lot on here! 🤍

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 ✨

It’s been a very busy couple of months with clinic, supporting all of our clients through busy seasons and working towards big health goals🙏🏻🫶🏻, be it fatigue, challenged relationships with food or gut health, it’s been so fulfilling seeing you all come on leaps and bounds after investing so much into lifestyle changes.

Now it’s time to pause, nourish, EAT 😋 and rest. 🧘🏼‍♀️

Signing off for a delicious and restorative Christmas 🎄🥕❄️🥘🍲🎁 - and wishing peace and joy to everyone for a wonderful day tomorrow!✨🎄

𝑾𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 📧 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 5𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚..

Yesterday I was asked by the lovely to provide commentary for on Joe Wicks’s recent C4 documentary on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and in particular the creation of his Killer protein bar, which is not designed for human consumption. ⛔️‼️⚠️👻

The point of the campaign is clearly to be sensationalist and to get people talking about the ultra-processed foods (UPFs) which are so commonplace in the Western diet today (we know that the UK has one of the highest intakes of UPFs in Europe (around 50-60% of calories come from UPFs).

But there are some important points to consider with this campaign - the first is that the warning ⚠️ labels on the protein bar of “may increase risk of cancer, stroke or early death” 🪦💀are attributed to an associative study of UPFs and a 14% increased risk of premature death, but we don’t definitively know what exactly it is within these UPF’s that is driving up this disease risk - for example, could it be the increased calories, sugar and fat content that are so widespread in many UPF’s?

The claim is slightly reductionist because while there is correlation, this does not mean causation - and we do require more data to understand the nuances about UPFs and how they might impact long-term health and longevity.

Its also important to remember that not all UPFs are created equally - a tin of baked 🫘beans, fortified plant-based 🥛 milk or oat cake 🍘cracker are far sounder nutritional options than a fizzy 🥤drink, packet of sweets or 🍫 chocolate bar (from a protein, fibre and vitamin/mineral perspective), so this documentary could be creating some fear-mongering and a juxtaposition of “good” vs “bad” foods - creating confusion and harming people’s relationships with food. ⚖️

I would also question the sustainability angle - I don’t think that it’s a good idea to be mass-manufacturing a product that is specifically targeted to be thrown in the bin - seems pretty wasteful if you ask me! 🤷‍♀️ 🗑️

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As the sun ☀️🌅 sets on Summertime, I’m taking a moment to reflect on what keeps me nourished, balanced and feeling my best while on holiday (summer is most definitely my favourite time of year as I’m my soul is so soothed by ☀️ sunshine and summer holidays 😍🙏🏻).

Soaking up the beautiful weather, staying hydrated, moving my body and enjoying fresh seasonal food, while giving my nervous system time to rest and reset.

It’s all about those little rituals that nourish both body and mind.

Who else is sad to see summer end? (That being said, I am looking forward to cosy 🍁🍂🥮 season upon us - swings and roundabouts hey?! 🤣🙊)

🇫🇷🍽️🪴𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲…

#8020

Wise words to live by today! 🫶 🤍

Working with Rachel over the last year has been such a transformative journey; from her history of battles with endometriosis and a surgically-induced menopause following a hysterectomy, combined with CFS and struggling to function through her day-to-day career; its so lovely hearing words like these on how she has been able to make shifts in her nutrition and lifestyle for the betterment of her health and to further understand her body and its unique requirements for optimising longevity and quality of life. Well done Rachel, for all you have achieved and will continue to do so! 👏 💪

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡! 💁🏼‍♀️😂🌸