I do not eat meat, but I am not a vegetarian because I do eat fish. I wish I could say, “look, cows (chicken or pork or rabbit or whatever) are no different from us!!” Of course, I cannot because I really do not care if you eat meat or not. I just don’t like eating meat, and it does not come with all animal rights crap. Since I don’t eat meat, I realized that I should be paying attention to protein intake. I decided to drink protein shake at least once a day, and eat foods that have lots of protein. I also thought maybe eating flaxseed would be really good for me because it has lots of omega-3 fat, a.k.a, good fat. So, I mixed flaxseed, cottage cheese, and granola for a little snack. I had it yesterday, and a minute after I had it, I noticed my back was itchy as hell. I thought, “hmm, Ah! I forgot to put sunscreen when I went jogging today and yesterday, and I got sunburn!” Yes, I thought my back was itchy because of sunburn. But, in this morning, I had exactly same thing for the breakfast, and right away, I started feeling some itchiness in my ear, nose, and entire body!! I was thinking, “oh boy, I am having dry skin or what!” But, of course, it wasn’t dry skin. I was having allergic reaction to flaxseed! Within 10 minutes, my eyelids were swollen like balloon, and my chest and back were covered with hives. I was experiencing shorten breath and thought maybe I should go to the hospital. But, I really didn’t want to admit I am allergic to flaxseed because flaxseed is supposed to be good for me! Yes, I was in denial. But, 30 minutes later, I knew flaxseed isn’t my friend. All symptoms I was having were exactly same as my allergic reaction to buckwheat. Yes, I am allergic to buckwheat also… Of course, I couldn't go to the school because I did not look pretty with all swollen eyes and hives. I was googling the words, “flaxseed allergy” to see if flaxseed really can cause allergic reaction. What I found was that flaxseed is good for people who have food allergy because it contains omega-3 fat! C’mon! I know omega-3 fat is good, but I was having fucking allergic reaction to flaxseed!! I am allergic to the food which is supposed to help my food allergy! I couldn’t help being drama queen all day today….