There are around 7.6 million people living with a heart or circulatory disease in the UK: four million men and 3.6 million women.
A new study led by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute looked at the possible association between red meat intake and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
Atherosclerosis is a hardening and narrowing of your arteries caused by cholesterol plaques lining the artery over time.