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.
One of the good animal food sources of folate is cooked and braised beef liver/calf liver. Eggs, whole, raw, or fresh are considered average yet good sources of folate in the diet. Some of the other food sources of folate are avocado, raw carrots, grape fruit, raw peanuts, ripe tomatoes, bell peppers, and strawberries.ome of the other food sources of folate are avocado, raw carrots, grape fruit, raw peanuts, ripe tomatoes, bell peppers, and strawberries.