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Nine of the top ten leading causes of death[1] in the United States can be directly attributed to meat consumption, so there's already a perfectly "selfish" motive to go vegan or vegetarian.

[1]: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

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How can you link suicide, cancer, Alzheimer's, or accidents to meat? And most of the rest of that list?

We know that eating processed red meat causes cancer, and the evidence for this is very good.

We also know that it doesn't cause many cases of cancer.

This was poorly reported last year with people talking about red meat, cancer, and smoking.

The "top ten" list you linked to includes accidents (such as poisonings and falls), suicide, and influenza.

I do not mean to be a jerk and I am no meat apologist - but is meat consumption playing a direct, notable role in at least two out of these three?

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