There is a tapeworm in it. I honestly don't believe that I'm missing out here.
Not with today's health standards. If that's your main reason, then you may as well stay off beef for fear of mad-cow disease or poultry in case you get bird flu.
The guys who say they eat bacon only, bacon is probably the least natural pork product seeing as how it's artificially smoked using chemicals. Probably the reason for the headaches some people experience. But the likes of Enterprise, Eskort and Renown won't tell you that.