...less fun to make and eat.

Hi... You have to balance your habits ...

Whenever American fast food (McDonald's, KFC) has established itself, the health in that country has gotten worse. This is not just by chance. I tell all my Chinese friends to stay away from such places as much as possible. Sometimes they are hard to avoid, but they shouldn't be a large or even significant part of a person's diet. As for microwave, I think they have changed to composition of the food so that it can cook in a microwave better. What they seem to sacrifice is taste - most of it tastes like wood pulp.

unhealthy? :)