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Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Folate

Internet URL

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/folate  

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Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health

Description

Learn about dietary sources of folate, a water-soluble B vitamin that occurs naturally in food and helps produce and maintain cells. Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate that is found in supplements and added to fortified foods.

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