| **BUSINESSES ACQUIRED (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions**                   |         | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |        |        |
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| **Business Acquisition [Line Items]**                                                   |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Amount paid for acquisition                                                             |    |           | $ 681           | $ 0    | $ 290  |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                |    | $ 1,602        | 1,602           | 1,196  | 1,197  |   |   |
| Nutranext [Member]                                                                      |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Business Acquisition [Line Items]**                                                   |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Percentage of business acquired                                                         |    |           |            |   |   | 100.00% |   |
| Amount paid for acquisition                                                             |    |           | $ 681           |   |   |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                |    |           |            |   |   | $ 411 |   |
| Goodwill expected to be tax deductible                                                  |    |           |            |   |   | 363 |   |
| The weighted-average estimated useful life of intangible assets subject to amortization |    |           | 15 years        |   |   |   |   |
| Net sales                                                                               |    | 53             |            |   |   |   |   |
| RenewLife [Member]                                                                      |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Business Acquisition [Line Items]**                                                   |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Percentage of business acquired                                                         | 100.00% |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Amount paid for acquisition                                                             | $ 290   |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                |    |           |            |   |   |   | $ 137 |
| Lifestyle [Member]                                                                      |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Business Acquisition [Line Items]**                                                   |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                |    | 553            | $ 553           | 244    | 244    |   |   |
| Lifestyle [Member] | Nutranext [Member]                                                 |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Business Acquisition [Line Items]**                                                   |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                |    |           |            |   |   | 309 |   |
| Household [Member]                                                                      |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Business Acquisition [Line Items]**                                                   |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                |    | $ 309          | $ 309           | $ 207  | $ 207  |   |   |
| Household [Member] | Nutranext [Member]                                                 |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Business Acquisition [Line Items]**                                                   |    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                |    |           |            |   |   | $ 102 |   |

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| - Definition
Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.
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| - Definition
Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
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| - Definition
Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.
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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
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| - Definition
This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.
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| - Definition
Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.
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| - Definition
The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.
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