Thyroid Blood Work Experiment: Do Beef Thyroid Supplements do something?

For a long time, I've seen many experts say TSH should be around 1-2 or 1-1.5.
In my blood work, my TSH is always higher and I have a tendency to gain fat easily.
Before messing with meds, I decided to try Beef Thyroid supplements a shot, to try to see if this could make any difference to get TSH "in range". As if I don't use caffeine, my energy is generally lacking.

I came across the following YouTube video, which basically claims a substantial decrease in TSH via Beef Thyroid supplements:

So, I decided to try my own experiment:
1. I'm in Europe, so used this instead (otherwise lots of customs nonsense), I doubt the vendor will make a difference as they are both organic, freeze dried, etc.
2. Used 4 pills every morning (some days x3 more a few hours later), which works out to 140mg of Thyroid (Excluding the liver filler) for a few weeks

I didn't replicate the results from the YouTube video, and here are my full Thyroid details, any ideas as to what might be going on?
2022-12-16 -> Before Beef Thyroid supplements
2022-01-09 -> After Beef Thyroid supplements (TSH is higher, not lower...)
Thyroid_experiment.webp


Details about my protocol can be found on this other post I did recently:

Should I consider Thyroid meds to get TSH in range?
As you can see, my TSH is normally way above 2, sometimes 3-5

Thanks!
 

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