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July’s Challenge: Avoid processed meat

“Once you make it a habit, making healthier choices gets easier.” – Charisse Ferrer
Get Charisse's advice  

Nutrition Tips

Check for words like nitrate, nitrite, cured or salted on the nutrition label.

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Nutrition Guides

You can complete this challenge, too! Our guide and journal can help.

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Healthy Recipes

Try these tasty recipes for healthy alternatives to processed meat.

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Why processed meat?

Research shows that eating processed meats can raise your risk for colorectal cancer. That’s because cancer-causing substances form when meats are preserved. And, eating these substances can damage your DNA. 

© 2013 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center