Cows are sacred in Hinduism and thus forbidden in the Hindu diet, [1] but God granted us permission to eat beef and placed cows on the list of clean animals. Many pork products are substituted with beef (beef hot-dogs, beef ribs, etc.), but beef has a myriad of popular dishes on its own: steak, veal, hamburgers, etc. God gave us permission to eat beef, but He didn't say we had to eat beef. Let's look at if there are benefits to eating beef or if beef is as hazardous as an unclean meat?