NBA Most Valuable Player candidate Stephen Curry (center) shined during the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Here he celebrates a second-round win over Georgetown with his Davidson College teammates after a 25-point second-half performance.
(7) The Institute recommends against getting more than 1,000 micrograms per day of folic acid from supplements or fortified food; folate intake from food is not a concern. One main reason for the upper limit on folic acid is that getting too much folic acid can mask the signs of a vitamin B12 deficiency.
Folate was named after leafy vegetables; however, folate is found in many foods. The highest sources of folate include garbanzo beans, navy beans and asparagus. One half cup of garbanzo beans has 141 micrograms of folate, or about 35 percent of the recommended daily intake (RDI) recommended for most adults.