What is the difference between folate and folic acid?
Are they two different minerals?
-- (Name withheld) Bridgeport, CT
Actually, they are the same vitamin!
Folate is a B vitamin (known in a small handful of scientific circles as "Vitamin B9") found primarily in beans, legumes, green vegetables, fruits, and beef liver.
Folic acid, meanwhile, is the the synthetic version of folate (i.e.: the type available in supplements).
In what I consider an odd turn of events, folic acid is absorbed more efficiently by the body than folate.
Are they two different minerals?
-- (Name withheld)
Bridgeport, CT
Actually, they are the same vitamin!
Folate is a B vitamin (known in a small handful of scientific circles as "Vitamin B9") found primarily in beans, legumes, green vegetables, fruits, and beef liver.
Folic acid, meanwhile, is the the synthetic version of folate (i.e.: the type available in supplements).
In what I consider an odd turn of events, folic acid is absorbed more efficiently by the body than folate.