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Castro Integrative Medicine of Charlottesville

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Castro Integrative Medicine of Charlottesville

An MD-led, holistic, root-cause medical clinic. We provide a range of treatments that promote healthy body processes and enhance detoxification.
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We look deeper to uncover and address what is blocking healing through advanced testing, IV therapy, detoxification, and cutting-edge treatments designed for lasting healing, not symptom management. Dr. Castro has been successfully treating chronic and degenerative diseases and promoting healthy aging for over 20 years. We also offer bio-identical hormone replacement therapies to help offset deter

ioration from aging and improve quality of life. At Castro Integrative Medicine, we treat the underlying causes of illness and not simply use drugs to decrease symptoms. This approach is increasingly important as the rise in today’s illnesses continues to increase causing chronic fatigue, pain, excessive inflammation, dementia, autism, cancer, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. The treatments offered are those developed by innovative clinicians around the world that, though not embraced by conventional medicine in the United States, nonetheless have scientific evidence to support their use, and more importantly, have clearly demonstrated clinical safety and success.

09/03/2026

When you lose muscle, you aren't just losing strength - you're altering your body's most active metabolic tissue. 🧬

Here is why muscle mass matters far more than the number on the scale:

• Glucose Regulation: Muscle pulls sugar directly out of your bloodstream, improving insulin sensitivity.
• 24/7 Energy Expenditure: Muscle burns calories around the clock. Less muscle means a lower baseline burn.
• Fat Regain Risk: As muscle mass drops, your body handles carbs less efficiently and stores excess energy as fat much easier.

This is why aggressive weight loss can backfire. If you lose lean tissue alongside fat, maintaining your weight becomes a fight against your own physiology.

Preserve muscle to protect your metabolism during weight loss.

08/31/2026

Why integrative medicine?

Because chronic symptoms rarely exist in isolation.

Fatigue, brain fog, pain, gut issues, hormone imbalance, immune dysfunction, inflammation, mold exposure, tick-borne illness, and metabolic problems can overlap in ways that are easy to miss when each symptom is looked at separately.

Integrative medicine is about connecting the dots.

It means asking why symptoms are happening, looking for the root cause, understanding how different systems and underlying factors may be connected, and building treatment around the full picture.

At CIMC, treatment may include:

• Advanced IV therapies
• Low-dose immunotherapy
• Regenerative medicine
• Procaine and neural therapies
• Hormone and metabolic support
• Detoxification and chelation
• Targeted supplementation
• Nutrition and lifestyle strategies
• Prescription medications when necessary

Dr. Castro’s medical training is rooted in conventional medicine, with an MD from Dartmouth Medical School and residency at UVA. He has devoted his life’s work to integrative and root-cause medicine, continually expanding his knowledge and treatment options to help patients heal and restore health.

The goal is not simply symptom management.

It is to connect the dots, identify the root cause, address the underlying dysfunction, and restore health.

08/26/2026

We’re so excited to share this with you! 🎉

Castro Integrative Medicine has been named Best Alternative Medicine Practice in Best of C-VILLE 2026!

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who voted, supported us, and helped spread the word about CIMC.

What means the most to us is the opportunity for more people to discover an approach to medicine that looks deeper, asks more questions, and seeks to understand what may be driving their symptoms, not just manage them.

Thank you for celebrating with us and for helping make this possible. We are so grateful for this community. 💙

08/24/2026

A simple rule: Fill your cart with whole, nutrient-dense foods that provide the protein, minerals, antioxidants, healthy fats, and plant compounds your immune system relies on.

Your grocery cart can be a great place to start supporting immune health. 🛒

🥦 Colorful produce provides vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and plant compounds that support healthy immune function.

🥩 Quality protein supplies amino acids your body needs to build immune cells, antibodies, and other components of the immune response.

🥬 Fermented foods help support a healthy gut microbiome, which plays an important role in immune function.

🥑 Healthy fats provide essential fatty acids and help your body absorb fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K.

🍵 Herbs, spices, tea & pantry staples add a wide range of beneficial plant compounds, including polyphenols and other antioxidants.

Being mindful of how your food is grown and raised matters too. Prioritize organic foods when possible to reduce exposure to glyphosate and other synthetic pesticides, along with 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef, organic pasture-raised eggs, organic chicken, and wild-caught fish.

You don’t need everything on the list. Use it as inspiration to add more nutrient-dense, whole foods to your cart each week.

Save this for your next grocery run! 🛒

08/21/2026

Brain health is not just about what is happening inside the brain.

Chronic inflammation can disrupt the way brain cells communicate, produce energy, and function, and it is increasingly being linked with conditions such as depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

What drives that inflammation matters.

Blood sugar dysregulation, insulin resistance, gut dysfunction, mitochondrial problems, chronic infections, environmental toxins, poor sleep, and chronic stress can all add to the inflammatory burden affecting the brain.

That is why looking only at the diagnosis can miss what is underneath it.

At CIMC, we look for the root causes behind the inflammation and create a personalized treatment plan that may include healing IV therapies, detoxification, nutrition, lifestyle guidance, targeted supplementation, gut support, and mitochondrial support.

The goal is not simply to manage symptoms. It is to understand what is driving the inflammation and address it at the source.

08/20/2026

Protein is having a moment, and for the most part, we’re glad to see it.

For years, many adults have probably been eating too little protein to optimally support muscle, metabolism, recovery, and healthy aging.

But proteinmaxxing has taken that idea to another level. Protein is being added to everything, and “high protein” has become a powerful health halo. Put it on the front of a package, and suddenly bars, chips, cereals, and desserts can look like health foods. But the protein number does not cancel out the rest of the ingredient list. Many of these foods are still highly processed, with added sweeteners, refined ingredients, oils, and very little fiber or micronutrient value.

At CIMC, we do encourage a higher-protein diet. For many adults, around 0.75 - 1 gram of protein per pound of ideal body weight per day is a useful target, with higher needs for some people who are very active, strength training, trying to build muscle, losing weight, or recovering from injury.

Quality matters just as much as quantity.

We prefer protein from nutrient-dense whole foods such as eggs, meat, poultry, fish, dairy if tolerated, legumes, nuts, and seeds.

Choose organic, pasture-raised, grass-fed, and wild-caught protein sources.

A high-protein diet that crowds out vegetables, fruit, legumes, and other fiber-rich foods is not necessarily a healthier diet.

So yes, prioritize protein. Just don’t make the number the whole goal.

Get enough. Choose quality. Keep whole foods at the center of the plate.

08/18/2026

We talk a lot about supporting the immune system, but sleep rarely gets the attention it deserves.

Deep, consistent sleep gives the body time to repair cells, regulate inflammation, support healthy hormone rhythms, and coordinate immune activity.

When sleep is repeatedly disrupted, the effects go beyond feeling tired. Circadian rhythms can become dysregulated, immune signaling can change, and the body’s ability to mount an effective defense can suffer.

That matters even more during illness, when the body naturally increases the drive for rest as part of the recovery process.

Quality sleep gives your immune system the conditions it needs to function at its best.

If you are serious about supporting immune health, protecting your sleep should be part of the plan.

08/17/2026

Most of us were taught to respond to a fever the same way: bring it down as quickly as possible.

But fever is not simply an unwanted side effect of being sick. It is part of the immune response your body activates when fighting infection. A higher temperature can increase immune activity while making it harder for certain pathogens to thrive.

So an elevated temperature does not automatically need to be suppressed at the first reading.

Instead of focusing only on the thermometer, pay attention to the person.

Are they staying hydrated?
Alert and responsive?
Breathing comfortably?
Able to rest?

Fever reducers still have an important place, particularly when discomfort is interfering with sleep, hydration, or rest.

But there is a difference between using them intentionally and automatically treating every fever.

The goal is not to force the temperature back to normal as quickly as possible. It is to understand what the body is doing, support it through the illness, and recognize when symptoms call for medical care.

Sometimes the most helpful response to a fever is not immediately stopping it, but supporting the body while it does its work.

Swipe through for what to watch for, when a fever can run its course, and when it is time to get help. 🌡️

08/13/2026

Weight loss is easy to track, but metabolic health is what actually matters.

With the rapid rise of GLP-1 medications, we’re seeing faster weight loss than ever. But without a deliberate strategy, a significant portion of that weight loss can come from lean muscle mass.

Muscle isn't just for looks. It plays a major role in blood sugar regulation, insulin sensitivity, metabolism, strength, and healthy aging.

That is why protein and resistance training are so important during weight loss.

Protein provides the amino acids your body needs to maintain and rebuild muscle, while resistance training signals your body to preserve that muscle instead of losing it along with the weight.

When calories and appetite drop, protein intake and strength training become even more important, not less.

The goal is not simply to lose pounds. It is to lose excess fat while preserving the muscle that supports your metabolism and long-term health.

Prioritize protein. Strength train. Preserve muscle.

08/11/2026

Dr. Castro recently had the opportunity, along with his son-in-law, to spend the day at Polyface Farm for the Lunatic Farmer Tour with Joel Salatin.

What an incredible example of what can happen when we work with biology rather than against it.

Polyface Farm is built around something we deeply value at Castro Integrative Medicine: creating the conditions for a living system to function the way it was designed.

🌱 Healthy soil is the foundation: Soil is a living ecosystem filled with bacteria, fungi, earthworms, roots, and other organisms that cycle nutrients and support everything above it.

🐄 Animals are part of the system: Cattle, pigs, and chickens are moved through the land in ways that allow grazing, rooting, scratching, fertilizing, and recovery to work together to regenerate pasture.

🌿 Biodiversity matters: Plants, animals, microorganisms, and natural cycles are intentionally integrated rather than treated as separate parts.

🐖 Animals are also allowed to express their natural behaviors. Cows graze. Pigs root. Chickens scratch. Sunshine, fresh air, movement, and appropriate food are part of the model.

🥩 Food quality begins long before the grocery store: The health of the soil, what an animal eats, how it is raised, and the way the land is managed all matter.

🔄 Nothing exists in isolation: At Polyface, soil affects plants, plants nourish animals, and animals feed the soil. Everything works together.

We see the human body much the same way. Nutrition, the gut microbiome, sleep, stress, hormones, immune function, environmental exposures, and cellular health all influence one another.

That is why we look beyond individual symptoms and consider the whole system.

Thank you to Joel Salatin and Polyface Farm for an inspiring day and for the incredible work you are doing right here in Virginia.

Address

1402 Greenbrier Place
Charlottesville, VA
22901

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14349564100

Website

http://www.CIMCville.com/

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