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Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)
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3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | |||||||
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Jun. 30, 2012
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2011
USD ($)
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Jun. 30, 2011
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2010
USD ($)
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Jun. 30, 2012
Herbalife Venezuela's [Member]
VEF
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Jun. 30, 2012
Herbalife Venezuela's [Member]
VEF
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Jun. 30, 2011
Herbalife Venezuela's [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2011
Herbalife Venezuela's [Member]
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Jun. 30, 2012
Bolivars Alternative Legal Exchange Mechanism [Member]
USD ($)
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Jun. 30, 2012
Bolivars Alternative Legal Exchange Mechanism [Member]
USD ($)
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Jun. 30, 2012
USD [Member]
VEF
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| Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Foreign Currency Transaction Losses | $ 2,000,000 | $ 4,100,000 | |||||||||
| Percent by which alternative legal exchange mechanism was less favorable than SITME | 41.00% | 41.00% | |||||||||
| SITME rate for re-measurement | 5.3 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| Currency Exchanged through Alternative Legal Exchange Mechanisms | 6,000,000 | 53,900,000 | |||||||||
| Net monetary Bolivar denominated assets and liabilities | 50,400,000 | 50,400,000 | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 286,166,000 | $ 258,775,000 | $ 254,467,000 | $ 190,550,000 | 52,600,000 | 52,600,000 | |||||
| Subsidiary net sale as percentage of consolidated sales | approximately 3% | approximately 2% | |||||||||
| Subsidiary asset as percentage of consolidated assets | approximately 5% | approximately 5% | approximately 3% | ||||||||