It should be obvious by now that the days of cheap food in America are coming to an end. As a result, everyone will start making economic decisions based on the price of food. One of the first things to go will be relatively frivolous food items such as Starbucks’ concoctions. Next in line will be organic foods, because of their higher relative price, and protein rich foods like beef, chicken, and fish. This means greater reliance on the cheapest source of calories: Refined carbohydrates and vegetable oils. Although this is the correct economic decision for people to make, it will result in a horrific increase in the levels of silent inflammation, followed by obesity and increased appearance of chronic disease. This means that any immediate savings in tomorrow’s food consumption will soon be overwhelmed by an increase in health-care costs in a relatively short period of time. One solution is a greater reliance on renewable protein sources such as dairy products and soy protein. The tricky part will be finding unique ways to incorporate such renewable protein sources into a wide variety of food products to prevent the acceleration of the Perfect Nutritional Storm that is now overwhelming America and a growing part of the world.