Beyond Normal Labs by Evolved Elements
Beyond Normal Labs is a podcast for the millions of people whose thyroid labs come back "normal" while their lives feel anything but. Hosted by Evolved Elements, it's the conversation your doctor doesn't have time to have—exploring why up to 40% of people on thyroid medication still experience crushing fatigue, brain fog, and afternoon crashes despite doing everything right. Each episode validates what you've been feeling, explains the science behind the gap between lab results and real life, and offers a path forward that doesn't require another expensive protocol or another supplement that makes you nauseous.
Created by the founders of Evolved Elements—who started the company after watching a family member struggle with this exact problem—the podcast takes a "Full Spectrum" approach to thyroid wellness. It goes beyond medication to explore the cellular co-factors, lifestyle factors, and nutritional foundations that determine whether your thyroid hormone actually works once it reaches your cells. No medical jargon, no guilt trips, no miracle promises. Just honest information for people who are tired of being told they should feel fine when they don't.
Beyond Normal Labs by Evolved Elements
Episode 6: Why Organ Supplements Fail (And What's Different)
Raise your hand if you've ever bought a bottle of organ supplements, taken them for a few days, and then dealt with the burps, the nausea, the regret. Maybe you threw the bottle away. Maybe it's still sitting in the back of your cabinet. Maybe you concluded that organ supplements just aren't for you.
Here's what actually happened: your body wasn't rejecting organ nutrition. It was rejecting poor quality processing.
This episode finally introduces the solution—and explains why it's different from everything else you've tried.
In this episode:
- Why standard organ supplements fail: oxidation, heat processing, harsh proteins, and poor quality control
- The hypothyroid-digestion connection: how low thyroid reduces stomach acid and gut motility
- Why 40-60% of people with hypothyroidism can't tolerate standard supplements—and why that's a cruel irony
- OrganEase™ processing: cold processing, pre-digested proteins, no oxidation, no odor
- The Reset System explained: Thyroid Glandular (spark support) + Beef Liver Gentle (cellular fuel)
- New Zealand grass-fed sourcing and why it matters
Key insight:
Most organ supplements are made for healthy biohackers trying to optimize. They're not made for you—for the sensitive digestion that comes with hypothyroidism. That's exactly why they failed you. And that's exactly why this is different.
The 365-day guarantee:
Nutritional repletion takes time. Vitamin A replenishes in 2-3 weeks. Iron takes months. Selenium reaches optimal levels in 60-90 days. A 30-day guarantee doesn't give you enough time to know if something actually works. A full year does.
Resources mentioned:
- Gastroenterology research on thyroid-gut connection
- GMP certification standards
- Third-party testing protocols
- Comparative supplement quality research
Next episode: "What to Expect: The Timeline of Transformation" — Week one, you might not feel much. Week three, things start to shift. Month six, you won't remember what "old you" felt like.
Welcome back to Beyond Normal Labs. I'm Kate, and this is episode six.
Raise your hand if you've bought organ supplements before, took them for a few days, and then spent the next week dealing with burps, nausea, and regret.
You're not alone.
In fact, this is so common that most people conclude organ supplements just don't work for them. They try once, feel terrible, and never try again. The bottle goes to the back of the cabinet. Eventually, the trash.
But here's what nobody told you:
Your body wasn't rejecting organ nutrition. It was rejecting poor quality processing.
There's a difference.
Today, we're going to talk about why most organ supplements fail — and what a solution actually designed for sensitive systems looks like.
Let's start with the uncomfortable truth about the organ supplement industry:
Most products on the market aren't designed for people with health challenges. They're designed for healthy biohackers trying to optimize an already-functioning system.
That's a completely different use case — and it shows in how the products are made.
Here's what typically goes wrong:
Oxidation. Organ tissues are incredibly delicate. They contain fats that oxidize — go rancid — very quickly when exposed to air, heat, or light. Most processing methods don't adequately protect against this. By the time you open the bottle, the nutrients have already degraded, and the fats have turned into compounds that upset your stomach.
Heat processing. Many supplements use high heat during processing, which destroys the very nutrients that make organs valuable. Heat-sensitive vitamins, enzymes, and co-factors break down. You're left with a shell of what the organ originally contained.
Harsh proteins. Organ tissues contain complex proteins that can be difficult to digest — especially for people with compromised gut function. Without proper processing, these proteins hit your stomach like a brick.
No quality control. The supplement industry is notoriously under-regulated. Sourcing varies wildly. Testing is optional. What's on the label isn't always what's in the bottle.
So when you took that liver supplement and felt sick within days, your body was responding appropriately. It was saying: "This is rancid. This is harsh. This isn't helping me."
You weren't the problem. The product was.
Here's something that makes this even more frustrating:
People with hypothyroidism are MORE likely to have digestive issues than the general population. And most organ supplements completely ignore this.
Low thyroid function reduces gastric motility — the speed at which food moves through your system. It also reduces production of hydrochloric acid, the stomach acid you need to break down proteins.
Studies suggest that forty to sixty percent of people with hypothyroidism have some degree of compromised digestion. Bloating. Acid reflux. Difficulty with certain foods. Sound familiar?
So here's the cruel irony:
The people who need organ nutrition most — people with thyroid issues who are depleted in critical co-factors — are the same people whose digestive systems are least equipped to handle standard organ supplements.
It's like designing a wheelchair with stairs. The very people who need it can't use it.
Most organ supplement brands are made for healthy people trying to get healthier. They're not made for you.
This is exactly why Evolved Elements exists.
The founders didn't start this company because they saw a market opportunity. They started it because someone they loved — a family member with hypothyroidism — had the exact experience we've been talking about. She tried organ supplements, felt terrible, and almost gave up on the concept entirely.
Instead of accepting that, they asked: what would it take to make organ nutrition that actually works for sensitive systems?
The answer is a processing method they call OrganEase™.
Here's what makes it different:
Cold processing. The organs are processed raw and cold — never heated — preserving the heat-sensitive nutrients that make them valuable in the first place.
Pre-digestion of proteins. The complex proteins are gently broken down before encapsulation, so your stomach doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting.
Removal of oxidized compounds. The fats that would normally cause nausea and burping are carefully addressed during processing.
Elimination of odor compounds. No fishy burps. No lingering aftertaste. No dread every time you open the bottle.
The result is organ nutrition that your body can actually absorb — without the miserable experience that made you quit every other brand.
One customer told them: "I've thrown away four bottles of liver supplements. They all made me sick within days. This is the first one I've taken for sixty days straight without a single burp or nauseous moment."
That's not an accident. That's design.
So what does the actual solution look like?
Evolved Elements created what they call the Reset System — two products that work together as a complete foundation for thyroid support.
Thyroid Glandular — sourced from grass-fed New Zealand cattle — provides actual thyroid tissue with naturally occurring T4, T3, and the cofactors that support thyroid function. Think of it as spark support. It gives your thyroid system the raw materials it recognizes and knows how to use.
Beef Liver Gentle — also from New Zealand — provides the cellular fuel we talked about in earlier episodes. Vitamin A, B12, iron, selenium, zinc — all in bioavailable forms, in the ratios nature designed.
Thyroid Glandular plus Beef Liver. Spark plus fuel. Together, they create the nutritional foundation for the Full Spectrum Reset.
And here's what I appreciate about this approach: it's simple.
Two products. Take them in the morning. That's it.
No complicated timing. No cycling protocols. No seventeen different bottles to manage. Just the foundation your cells have been missing, delivered in a form your body can actually use.
Let's talk about where this comes from — because sourcing matters enormously with organ products.
All Evolved Elements organs come from New Zealand. Grass-fed, pasture-raised cattle from some of the cleanest agricultural land on earth.
New Zealand has strict regulations against hormones and routine antibiotics in cattle farming. The animals graze on mineral-rich pastures. The resulting organs have higher nutrient density and none of the contaminants you'd find in conventionally-raised livestock.
The products are third-party tested for heavy metals and contaminants. They're manufactured in GMP-certified facilities. What's on the label is what's in the bottle.
This isn't the cheapest way to make organ supplements. But it's the right way — especially for people whose bodies are already under stress and can't afford to take on additional toxic burden.
Now, I know what you might be thinking.
"I've been burned before. I've spent money on supplements that didn't work. Why should this be any different?"
Here's something that tells you a lot about how confident Evolved Elements is in their products:
They offer a 365-day guarantee. A full year. Even if you use the entire supply.
The reason they do this is simple: nutritional repletion takes time. It's not an overnight fix. Vitamin A stores replenish in two to three weeks. Iron levels improve over months. Selenium reaches optimal levels in sixty to ninety days.
Most supplement companies give you thirty days. That's not enough time to know if something is actually working. It's enough time to feel pressured into keeping something you're not sure about.
A year gives you time. Time to feel the difference. Time to notice the changes. Time to decide, without pressure, whether this is worth continuing.
If you don't feel it's worth every penny, you get your money back. That's real confidence.
Let me bring this back to the core message:
If organ supplements have failed you before, it wasn't because the concept was wrong. It wasn't because your body can't handle organ nutrition.
It was because the execution wasn't designed for sensitive systems like yours.
There's a version of organ nutrition that works — that your body can absorb without the misery. That provides the co-factors your cells have been starving for. That creates the foundation for everything else to finally click into place.
In episode seven, we're going to talk about what to actually expect when you start supporting your body this way. The timeline. The changes people notice. What transformation actually looks like — not the hype version, but the real version.
Thanks for being here. I'll talk to you in the next one.