Thank you for the warm welcome, everyone. This is a great group: so informative and supportive!

Hi The Brain, I am new here but I hope you don't mind if I chime in. Everyone is so supportive and positive and there is great info on this site; I'm really enjoying lurking but maybe I'll stick my neck out and post. I've been following a ketogenic diet for some time--on and off--for weight control....

The authors addressed EVOO added to standard mouse chow with this study that came out in June 2017:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28812046.