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Can you take too much folic acid during pregnancy?
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It is possible to get too much folic acid. The recommendation is 1000 micrograms or less daily. Women in their childbearing years and other adults require only 400 micrograms a day, so I would omit the folic acid supplement and keep the multi-vitamin. There's no folic acid in greens -- they have folate, the naturally-occuring cousin to folic acid, which is man-made. However, there is folic acid in fortified grains, so there is a good chance you're getting at least half of your daily requirement for folic acid from food.

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