Vegetarian water is water that contains no microorganisms whatsoever

Jun 23, 2014 19:15 GMT  ·  By

As it turns out, there is more to being a vegetarian than simply sticking to eating nothing but salads, fruits, and grains all year round. Thus, true vegetarians must also pay close attention to what their drinks might contain.

According to Indian home appliance company TTK Prestige, it too often happens that people who think of themselves as vegetarians ingest dead organisms without even being aware of it simply by drinking water.

This is because, although they do kill the majority of microorganisms present in water, the purifiers currently made and marketed across the world fail to get rid of their corpses as well, the Indian home appliance company says.

Hence, whomever drinks this water unknowingly consumes the dead bodies of viruses, bacteria, and germs. In doing so – and supposing that viruses, bacteria, and germs are part of the animal kingdom – would-be vegetarians are in breach of their diet.

“Most purifiers claim to kill all viruses, bacteria and germs. But the chemically killed microorganisms remain in the water, making it safe, but effectively non-vegetarian,” TTK Prestige says, as cited by Oddity Central.

The good news is that TTK is not one to point out a problem without taking the time to also come up with a solution for it. Thus, together with researchers in Switzerland, the company claims to have developed a water purifier that essentially delivers vegetarian water.

This purifier, whose official name is the Prestige Life Straw, is said to be able to make mincemeat of about 99.9999% of the bacteria and viruses, and 99.99% of the protozoan cysts that usually hang out in an average glass of water.

The purifier not only kills these microorganisms, but also gathers around their lifeless bodies and disposes of them. The result is that the water coughed out by this purifier is completely free of germs, be they dead or alive, and as vegetarian as it gets.

Truth be told, there are some questions that TTK is yet to answer. For instance, the company is yet to let people know how it is that its purifier can remove 99.9999% of bacteria and viruses, and 99.99% of protozoan cysts without affecting the water's mineral content in any way, as it claims is the case.

Besides, it is quite puzzling why it is that vegetarians apparently cannot stand the thought that a bunch of microorganisms – their dead bodies, better said – are floating about in their water, but seem to have no bone to pick with the millions of microorganisms present in your average Joe's and Jane's body.