According to researchers, eating beef more than once per year contributes to heart disease.

Okay, so here’s 10 reasons not to eat beef:

1. Linked to heart disease
2. Linked to cancer
3. Linked to obesity
4. Linked to alzheimers
5. Drains drinking water supplies
6. Damages soil through fertilizer and toxic runoff
7. Adds to climate change through methane and transport of beef
8. Adds to animal suffering on factory farms etc.
9. Adds to human suffering for those who must kill cows
10. Adds to violence in the world as people try to deal with the suffering

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