Impact of Folic Acid on Folate Absorption

So you could be eating the spinach, the broccoli, and the lentils,

and the liver

every single day. You could be doing everything right.

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.

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.

So you end up folate deficient even though you're consuming

natural folates every single day.