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Way too much folic acid in my diet?

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I use cronometer to track my micronutrients. I'm pretty meticulous about it and like to make sure I'm getting everything I need. I eat a lot of veg and I keep going WAY over the RDA for Folic Acid by like 500% some days, which I know too much Folate in the diet can be toxic. I don't know how I can avoid this with how much veg I consume. If I decrease my veg then I miss my targets for other nutrients, its frustrating. I spend a lot of time trying to perfect my diet, I'm basically obsessed with nutrition and have much more of a "functional" relationship with food, as opposed to eating to enjoy. Anyone else using cronometer on here? Any advice on how to reduce folic acid consumption without having to drastically reduce my veg intake? The average RDA for folic acid is 400 micrograms, today I've had 1785.1.. (yikes)

(Also irrelevant side issue) calcium is another difficult mineral to get enough of. Bok choy is probably my best source as I don’t do dairy. But I try my best to meet my targets through veg and I only end up consuming mass amounts of Folate. Sighhhh. 

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