 Naturopaths, including the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, have accused her of defamation against the naturopathic profession.When she was asked in an interview about the harm that could come from believing naturopathy, she responded,

Speaking at CSIcon Las Vegas 2017, Hermes described herself as delusional regarding her naturopathic education, describing the teaching at naturopathic schools as pseudoscience.In a separate interview in 2018 she commented on one of the distinctions between naturopathic medicine and science-based medicine stating that "When you’re going through naturopathic school, we’re told that what we’re being taught is evidence-based or science-based.