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.
Departmental store products such as cereals are also substantially good food sources of folate, containing 400 mcg of Folate alone. Citrus fruits and their juices have also been reported to be excellent sources of folate. Certain staple food items such as breads, flours, and cornmeal have folic acid present in them.