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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
Cholesterol is one of the main health problems after a certain age, which can cause a variety of other serious problems. What about eggs? Is it a myth or a reality that they are banned from your diet? Some foods contain cholesterol but surprisingly, they do not make a big difference to the level of cholesterol in your blood – eggs do not have a significant effect on that.
In order to clarify the matter, the egg yolk has around 250 mg of cholesterol. If you have blood cholesterol issues, you should limit the amount to 300 mg cholesterol per day. But you should keep in mind that the most important think to limit is the saturated fat you eat, which can raise the cholesterol in your blood. So, if you eat 3-4 eggs per week, but overall you have a healthy diet low in saturated fat, they should be fine! If you have familial hypercholesterolaemia, you should limit your dietary cholesterol to 200-300 mg a day – but you should focus more on the saturated fat. Here is why:
In conclusion, the foods that high cholesterol AND saturated fat are dairy, animal fats, and fatty meats. Foods that contain cholesterol but are low in saturated fats are lean meat, eggs, prawns, squid etc. SO, next time be careful with which food you blame!
* The above is not medical advice but mere suggestions for improving your diet. Before reach herbal use you should consult your doctor, especially those who have health issues, are pregnant or are under the age of 6.
Evropi-Sofia Dalampira holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and an MSc in Botany-Biology.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.
ATHENS - Historic member of PASOK and passionate advocate of the recognition of Pontian Greek genocide Michalis Charalambidis died on Wednesday aged 73.
ATHENS - While the New Democracy government denied audio files from the 2023 head-on train crash in Tempe which killed 57 had been tampered with, five managers at the state-run OSE railways agency reportedly had access to them.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.