Folate and folic acid are both forms of vitamin B9. However, they affect our body differently.
Particular groups of people are at risk of not having adequate vitamin B9 levels, including pregnant women.
Deficiency of this vitamin can cause a range of health issues such as birth abnormalities, elevated homocysteine, and cancer.
The simple difference between folate and folic acid is that folate is the natural form while folic acid is synthetic.
Having high unmetabolized folic acid in the blood can cause health problems, as well as mask a vitamin B12 deficiency.
That is why you should consider obtaining vitamin B12 in for the form of folate as it does not have the drawbacks associated with folic acid.
To learn more about the differences of folate and folic acid, check out the infographic below.
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Final Grade
This infographic provides some information about folate, folic acid, and their differences. Throughout most of the infographic, icons associated with text do important work to boost the visual communication. This is mostly consistent, giving a unified visual approach to the infographic. However, at times the icons aren't as specific as they could be to align with the actual content, and the changing illustration styles might be distracting for readers. The concise copy is a benefit to communicating information quickly, though some of the technical information might be lost on amateur readers. As a whole, the infographic is structured as a comparison of folate and folic acid, and while that information is present, the comparison itself isn't necessarily emphasized. Overall, this infographic is full of information, but a reader might have to dig to find what they're looking for. As is, we'd give this a D.
