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Respondek Malwina, Pudlo Hanna. Znaczenie witaminy D w wystepowaniu wybranych schorzen = The importance of vitamin D in the presence of selected diseases. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(9):653-663. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.158953http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/3901 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015).755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7© The Author (s) 2016;This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, PolandOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercialuse, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Received: 02.09.2016. Revised 24.09.2016. Accepted: 24.09.2016. Znaczenie witaminy D w wystepowaniu wybranych schorzenThe importance of vitamin D in the presence of selected diseases Malwina Respondek1, Hanna Pudlo1 1Katedra Dietetyki, Wydzial Zdrowia Publicznego w Bytomiu, Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach1Department of Dietetics, School of Public Health, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice Slowa kluczowe MESH: Vitamin D, metabolism, supplementation Slowa kluczowe: witamina D, metabolizm, suplementacja StreszczenieW ostatnich latach istotnie zmienilo sie postrzeganie roli witaminy D w organizmie, której przypisywano glównie udzial w regulacji gospodarki wapniowo-fosforanowej oraz zapobieganie krzywicy u dzieci i osteoporozie u doroslych. Obecnie witamine D postrzega sie bardziej jako hormon steroidowy niz substancje o dzialaniu witaminowym. Odkrycie receptora VDR (Vitamin D Receptor) w wiekszosci komórek pozaszkieletowych oraz kolejne badania epidemiologiczne potwierdzaja oddzialywanie witaminy D na funkcjonowanie wielu ukladów w organizmie tj. utrzymaniu prawidlowego funkcjonowania ukladu sercowo-naczyniowego, ukladu immunologicznego, w profilaktyce przeciwnowotworowej i cukrzycy. Summary In recent years significantly changed perception of the role of vitamin D in the body, which was attributed mainly involved in the regulation of calcium –phosphate and the prevention of rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults. Currently, vitamin D is seen more as a steroid hormone than a substance with vitamin . The discovery of VDR (Vitamin D Receptor) receptor in most cells and further epidemiological studies confirmed the impact of vitamin D on the functioning of many body systems it means role of vitamin D in cardiovascular health, immune system, diabetes and cancer prevention.