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Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals.

A follower of either the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan (pronounced).

Health is the level of functional and metabolic efficiency of a living organism.

In humans it is the ability of individuals or communities to adapt and self-manage when facing physical, mental or social changes.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in its broader sense in its 1948 constitution as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." This definition has been subject to controversy, in particular as lacking operational value, the ambiguity in developing cohesive health strategies, and because of the problem created by use of the word "complete".

Other definitions have been proposed, among which a recent definition that correlates health and personal satisfaction.

Simple living or voluntary simplicity encompasses a number of different voluntary practices to simplify one's lifestyle.

These may include reducing one's possessions, generally referred to as minimalism, or increasing self-sufficiency, for example.

Simple living may be characterized by individuals being satisfied with what they have rather than want.

Although asceticism generally promotes living simply and refraining from luxury and indulgence, not all proponents of simple living are ascetics.

Simple living is distinct from those living in forced poverty, as it is a voluntary lifestyle choice.

In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, an indulgence is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins".

It may reduce the temporal punishment after death, in the state or process of purification called Purgatory.

This temporal punishment would not be considered "time", as Purgatory, like Heaven and Hell, is said to exist "outside of time".

A plant-based diet is a diet based on foods derived from plants, including vegetables, whole grains, legumes and fruits, but with few or no animal products.

The use of the phrase has changed over time, and examples can be found of the phrase "plant-based diet" being used to refer to vegan diets, which contain no food from animal sources, to vegetarian diets which include eggs and dairy but no meat, and to diets with varying amounts of animal-based foods, such as semi-vegetarian diets which contain small amounts of meat.