A doctor who appeared to vouch for and defend Gwyneth Paltrow’s high-profile lifestyle and e-commerce site, Goop, now says that she does not see herself as a Goop doctor and would not endorse the site, according to an interview with Stat.

Two weeks ago, Dr. Aviva Romm provided a signed letter included in a Goop post titled “ Uncensored: A Word from Our Doctors .” The post, written in part by the Goop team, including Romm and another doctor (Steven Gundry), collectively defended Goop’s questionable health products and penchant for unproven and often nonsensical medical theories. Those theories include Moon-powered vaginal eggs and energy-healing space-suit stickers.

The post was written in response to a wave of online criticism from journalists, medical professionals, and patient advocates, particularly blogger Dr. Jen Gunter, an Ob/Gyn who has written often about Goop.

Under a heading that included “our doctors,” Romm appeared firmly connected to Goop and its mission. But, in an interview published online Thursday on Stat, Romm said she doesn’t see herself as one of “Goop’s doctors” and doesn’t pay enough attention to know what’s on the site. She refused to endorse Goop and, in fact, expressed criticism of it. Romm suggested that the site is a “caricature of everything alternative health for women.” She advised the Goop team to re-evaluate all of the site’s products and recommendations with the help of doctors.

“I can’t endorse Goop, in that... just because [products are] natural or organic, doesn’t mean that they’re beneficial for women,” she told Stat. “Just because it hasn’t been proven harmful and it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s safe. We can’t just say that that’s sort of the default position.” “You can’t just say it’s better than conventional medicine. If it’s wrong, it’s wrong.”

Romm explained that she was sympathetic to women who are dissatisfied with conventional medicine. And she stressed that she wasn’t disavowing Goop and said that there was no justification to dismiss alternative medicine in general. But she noted that just because women seek alternatives doesn’t mean alternatives are good.

That said, Romm, a Yale-educated doctor, sells her own line of proprietary herbal supplements, including “Adrena soothe” and “Adrena nourish.” She also espouses detoxing, which is not supported by science.

In the Stat interview, Dr. Romm said she wasn’t concerned that her medical credentials might appear to lend support to unproven and unscientific theories and products, such as her own or those on Goop. She replied that she essentially saw herself as an independent contributor to the site and was open to patients trying harmless products that aren’t too expensive if they want.

She also seemed comfortable with the for-profit aspect of the health advice she and Goop offer. “Goop is certainly commercial,” Romm said, adding “I have to make a living, too.”

Dr. Romm elaborated:

I think Gwyneth Paltrow was a fabulous actress in her day of acting, and I’m not a sort of advocate or antagonist of her work. I understand that she is probably a very decent person, trying to do good work, and [she] does things that feel meaningful to her. And, yes, there’s a commercial aspect to it, [but] there’s nothing that doesn’t have a commercial aspect to it, unless you’re a saint doing medical work.

The interview ended with Romm noting that drug companies also make lots of money.