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.