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.
Here is a list of good sources of both folate and folic acid: 1  the naturally occurring folate in foods (such as produce), and. 2  the synthetic form, folic acid, which is added to foods (such as ready-to-eat cereals and grains) and found in supplements. 3  Dark green leafy vegetables,4  Enriched pasta, rice, breads and cereals.here are tons of great (AND delicious) food sources of folate (thatâs the natural form of folic acid found in foods, but itâs still vitamin B9). Here are just a few: 1  spinach (Popeye was wise beyond his years!). 2  other dark, leafy greens like kale, collards, etc. 3  oranges/orange juice. 4  other citrus fruit or juices. 5  peas. 6  beans.