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Challenges in Nutrition

From a “Metabolomics fashion” to a sound application of metabolomics in research on human nutrition

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 74, pages 1619–1629 (2020)Cite this article

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The philosopher Karl Popper described one particular aspect of science as “…its need to grow…” and it is “the way of its growth which makes science rational and empirical.” [1].

Biomedical science is based on empirical evidence and progress is perceived as high research activities and the accumulation of data. Overall, this progress is driven by new technologies and methods, their broad applications, growth of theoretical knowledge, ambition of scientists, power of institutions, high research funding as well as fast and effective content distribution by publications.

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Prof. Hans-Joachim Seitz, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, for referring to his previous and fundamental work on the effects of anoxia, narcotics, euthanization, tissue sampling, and its preparation on the tissue concentrations of intermediates. Many thanks to Prof. John Blundell, Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, for in depth discussions, ongoing motivation and his critical views on the benefits of the big data research. In addition, thanks to Prof. Mario Soares, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia, for his valuable discussion and proof reading of the ms.

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