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Folate vs. Folic Acid: Which Is the Better Form of Vitamin B9?
Folate is a naturally occurring water-soluble B vitamin. Folic acid is a synthetic (manmade) form of folate often added to foods and taken in supplement form. Both are sources of vitamin B9 and ...
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Methylfolate vs folic acid: What's the difference – and does it matter for your pregnancy?
Some of the most prevalent questions we see from our BabyCenter Community involve methylfolate and folic acid: Are they the same thing? Should you be taking them in prenatal vitamins? How much? The ...
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Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate, an essential way to get vitamin B: Here's when you should add folic acid to your diet.
Because folate is a water-soluble vitamin, it's not dangerous to get too much folate from food, Foroutan says. Your body can get rid of any excess folate through urine. What is folic acid?