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 is a B-vitamin that is naturally present in many foods. A form of folate, called folic acid, is used in dietary supplements and fortified foods.Our bodies need folate to make DNA and other genetic material. Folate is also needed for the body's cells to divide.olate that is naturally present in food is not harmful. Folic acid in supplements and fortified foods, however, should not be consumed in amounts above the upper limit, unless recommended by a health care provider.