Does Black Pepper Really Boost Turmeric Absorption?

turmeric powder and black peppercorns in spoons on a marble table

There’s one number you see on turmeric supplement bottles and in ads again and again: black pepper makes curcumin absorb 2,000% better. It’s repeated so often that it feels like settled science. The original study is from 1998, though, and a newer independent trial found that adding the same black pepper compound did not help. … Read more