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.
Women should consume 75 milligrams daily, while men need 90 milligrams of vitamin C each day. Good Source of Folate. You can count on getting a variety of B vitamins from mung bean and soybean sprouts, but they're especially good sources of folate. One cup of mung beans supplies 16 percent of your recommended dietary allowance.