# Can Folic Acid Block Folate Recycling and Brain Access

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:37
- Published: 2026-10-21
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1Cpx0yJ2lkAZ/en/can-folic-acid-block-folate-recycling-and-brain-access) So you could be eating the spinach, the broccoli, and the lentils, and the liver every single day. You could be doing everything right.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1Cpx0yJ2lkAZ/en/can-folic-acid-block-folate-recycling-and-brain-access?t=6) But if you're also consuming folic acid from enriched bread, enriched pasta, or supplements, your kidneys cannot efficiently save the methylfolate from your own diet. Let that sink in.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1Cpx0yJ2lkAZ/en/can-folic-acid-block-folate-recycling-and-brain-access?t=17) Your brain can't access folate because folic acid blocks entry at the blood-brain barrier. Your kidneys can't save folate because folic acid blocks the recycling system.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1Cpx0yJ2lkAZ/en/can-folic-acid-block-folate-recycling-and-brain-access?t=27) So you end up folate deficient even though you're consuming natural folates every single day.