Tap Water Keeps Sodas Away

Image: dutchgrub.com(contributed by Paganel) In France more and more people just order their fast food meal with a glass of water (French law imposes that you can be given free tap water with any meal). Regular sodas contain sugar, and diet sodas contain aspartam, that some people prefer to avoid, sometimes because it makes you more hungry by pavlovian association, sometimes for more serious reasons. Update by Stefan: In other countries such as Netherlands restaurants sometimes refuse serving tap water, which was also documented in NYC. Dutch citizens even created a facebook group: tap water in Dutch restaurants