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-Rich Foods. Some foods contain the natural form of folate, called food folate. The body does not absorb food folate as easily as the folic acid in vitamin supplements and enriched grain foods. However, foods with food folate can help you increase your folate intake.