Q: Are there any benefits to eating vegetarian just one or two days a week?

A: Yes. Being a part-time vegetarian (or flexitarian) helps your bod and the planet. As long as you replace that steak with fruit, vegetables, nuts and whole grains (as opposed to chocolate muffins), you'll reap the benefits of eating less saturated fat and more nutrients, antioxidants and fibre.

And cutting back even a little on animal products helps protect the environment by reducing the massive amounts of energy used, and greenhouse gases produced, during livestock and dairy farming.