# Plant-Based Someone who only eats non-sentient plantlike organisms (such as fungi, protists, or true plants) is said to be following a plant-based diet.\ \ This term is sometimes misused to mean *mostly eating plants with some exceptions*, but the original and more useful definition is eating *only* plants.\ \ Sometimes environmentalists or health dieters call themselves vegan when they mean plant-based.\ \ Someone can be either plant-based or vegan, or both - they intersect heavily but are different. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://veganvigil.gitbook.io/overview/definitions/plant-based.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.