Unpopular Opinion: Early Detection Isn’t Prevention

Everywhere I look, I see more and more people being diagnosed with cancer—often younger than ever before. The statistics are sobering: nearly 1 in 2 people will face cancer in their lifetime.

For me, this isn’t just a number.

Michael had cancer.
My mom had cancer.
Michael’s mom had cancer.

And I’m sure you also know someone close to you—maybe family, maybe a dear friend—who is struggling now, or who has in the past.

Lately, I’ve noticed the rising trend of yearly full-body MRIs and scans being promoted as “the new prevention.” The idea is that if we check often enough, we’ll catch problems early. Technology will save us.

But is this really prevention? Or are we asking the wrong question altogether?

The Problem With Early Detection

Yes, early detection sometimes helps. But there’s a flip side:

• The more we look, the more we find.
  

• We all have cancer cells in our bodies—it doesn’t always mean disease.
  

• More scans can lead to more treatments, surgeries, and fear.
  

That’s not prevention. That’s reaction.

The Bigger Question: Why Are We All Getting Sicker, Younger?

Instead of celebrating technology that lets us spot illness earlier, maybe we need to ask a deeper question:

👉 Why are so many people getting sick in the first place?

The uncomfortable truth? We are living more and more unnatural lives.

• Constant stress and busyness leave our bodies in survival mode.
  

• Coffee, alcohol, sugar, and processed foods have become daily staples.
  

• Screens and scrolling keep us distracted and overstimulated.
  

• Wifi, 5G, and radiation surround us nonstop.
  

• Pesticides, plastics, and chemicals are everywhere—in food, water, homes.
  

• Synthetic supplements replace real nourishment.
  

• Loneliness has become common, even as we’re more “connected” online.
  

• And perhaps most painfully—we’re disconnected from nature and stillness.
  

No wonder our bodies are breaking down.

Where Do We Go From Here?

I’ll be honest: sometimes I lose hope. I wonder how to raise my kids in this world, how to heal the pieces of myself taught that busyness or productivity equals happiness.

But then I remember: the answers are not as complicated as they seem.

We don’t have to fix the whole world today. We just have to start with ourselves.

When you live differently, your family notices. When you heal, others are inspired. When you reconnect to nature, you remind everyone around you that health and joy are possible.

The Real Prevention

Maybe real prevention isn’t scanning for disease before it happens.
Maybe real prevention is living in a way that makes health, vitality, and joy the natural outcome of your daily choices.

Here’s what I believe true prevention looks like:
🌿 Simplify your life.
🌿 Nourish your body with whole, real foods.
🌿 Spend time in nature.
🌿 Rest more, stress less.
🌿 Feel your feelings instead of numbing them.
🌿 Create space for silence, connection, and love.
🌿Use your 100% natural SuperPlants superfoods and vitamins daily - shop them here :)

That’s the kind of “yearly checkup” I want to commit to: asking myself, am I truly living? Am I aligned with nature? Am I creating a life I want my kids to inherit?

It may sound idealistic, but I believe with all my heart: we can live differently. We can come back to what matters. We can notice the magic of being alive—before it’s too late.

Eat Plants. Feel Alive.

xo Kristel 💛