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Castro Integrative Medicine of Charlottesville

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Castro Integrative Medicine of Charlottesville

We provide Holistic, Root Cause Medicine tailored to meet your unique health needs.
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Specializing in cutting-edge treatments, personalized nutrition, detox, testing, preventative care and chronic illness management, our goal is to empower lasting wellness. Dr. Castro has been successfully treating chronic and degenerative diseases and promoting healthy aging for over 20 years. We provide a range of treatments that promote healthy body processes and enhance detoxification. We also

offer bio-identical hormone replacement therapies to help offset deterioration 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.

05/21/2026

Your Home Environment Is Talking to Your Nervous System

The spaces we live in are not neutral. They can either add to the body’s stress load or help create a stronger signal of calm.

Clutter, unfinished tasks, dust, mold spores, pollen, pet dander, synthetic fragrance, harsh cleaning chemicals, and indoor air irritants can all keep the nervous system more activated.

For some people, that daily load may show up as poor sleep, brain fog, irritability, headaches, allergy symptoms, respiratory irritation, inflammation, fatigue, or feeling constantly overwhelmed.

This is not just emotional. It is physiological.

A cluttered or chemically overloaded home can keep the brain scanning, the immune system reacting, and the nervous system in a more alert state.

When the body is already dealing with inflammation, mold exposure, chronic infections, detox burden, or immune dysfunction, the home environment can either add to that burden or help reduce it.

Start with the stress hot spots you see and interact with every day - the kitchen counter, nightstand, laundry pile, entryway, bathroom products, bedding, air filters, or scented cleaners under the sink.

Small changes matter when they lower the load your body is responding to daily.

At CIMC, we look at terrain - the internal and external environment that shapes how well the body can regulate, repair, detoxify, and recover.

Your home is part of that terrain.

Spring cleaning can be one practical way to reduce visual stress, lower indoor exposures, support immune balance, and help the nervous system move out of constant alert mode.

05/20/2026

In honor of Memorial Day, Castro Integrative Medicine will be closed Friday, May 22nd as we pause to remember and honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. 🇺🇸

Our office is closed on Mondays, and we will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday.

We wish you and your family a safe and meaningful Memorial Day weekend. ❤️🤍💙

05/19/2026

Steak ’n Shake just announced that starting June 1, its Steakburgers will be made with 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef.

The company has also already moved several fried menu items, including fries and tots, away from seed oils and into 100% beef tallow.

At CIMC, we want to celebrate businesses that are willing to make meaningful changes to the ingredients they use.

This does not mean fast food is suddenly the foundation of a healthy diet. But it does matter when a national chain responds to growing awareness about food quality, seed oils, meat sourcing, and the way everyday ingredients affect inflammation, metabolism, and long-term health.

For years, highly processed oils, low-quality ingredients, additives, and ultra-processed foods have been treated as normal. But people are asking better questions now.

What oil is this cooked in? Where did the meat come from?
 How processed is this meal? What is this doing to my blood sugar, gut health, inflammation, and cellular function?

Better ingredients will never replace a real-food, nutrient-dense diet. But when large companies begin making cleaner ingredient choices, it signals something important: consumers are paying attention, and the food industry is starting to respond.

At CIMC, we believe food is part of the body’s terrain. What you eat can either add to the inflammatory load or support the systems that help the body regulate, repair, detoxify, and recover.

So yes, we celebrate changes like this.

Because every step away from ultra-processed oils and toward better-quality ingredients is a step in the right direction.

05/18/2026

Your body was designed to live in rhythm with the sun.
Sunlight is not just about vitamin D. It is biological information.

Natural light helps regulate mood, sleep, hormones, immune function, circulation, metabolism, cellular energy, and your internal clock.

Morning light tells your body it is daytime.
 Daytime brightness supports alertness, energy, and hormone rhythm.
 Evening darkness helps prepare the body for melatonin, repair, and deeper sleep.

Modern life has disrupted this pattern.

We spend more time indoors, under artificial light, behind screens, and disconnected from the natural light-dark cycle that the body uses to regulate itself.

At Castro Integrative Medicine, we believe health starts with restoring the signals the body was designed to receive - sunlight, real food, movement, sleep, detoxification, and nervous system regulation.

Modern health includes modern exposures, but it also requires returning to the foundational rhythms that support cellular function.

05/15/2026

Today is the last day to NOMINATE businesses for Best of C-VILLE!

Voting begins June 1, and we would be so grateful to make the ballot.

Please take a moment to nominate Castro Integrative Medicine in the Alternative Medicine Practice category.

Your support means so much to our team. Thank you for helping us continue to serve the Charlottesville community!

Nominate us here: https://bestof.c-ville.com/2026/alternative-medicine-practice

05/14/2026

PCOS has a new name

PMOS: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome.

And the name matters.
For years, conventional medicine treated PCOS mainly as a gynecological issue - irregular cycles, ovarian follicles, acne, fertility concerns, and birth control.

But functional medicine was already looking deeper.
Holistic and functional providers have long focused on the metabolic root: insulin resistance, inflammation, blood sugar regulation, gut health, stress physiology, toxic burden, and hormone signaling.

Your symptoms are not random.
Irregular cycles, acne, facial hair growth, thinning hair, stubborn weight, cravings, fatigue, mood changes, and fertility struggles can all be signs of deeper metabolic and hormone dysfunction.

And birth control does not fix PMOS. It can override the body’s natural hormone rhythm, but it does not heal the metabolic root: insulin resistance, inflammation, blood sugar dysregulation, and disrupted ovulation.

PMOS deserves more than suppression.

At Castro Integrative Medicine, we look deeper at metabolism, hormones, inflammation, gut health, blood sugar, immune function, detox pathways, mitochondrial health, and nervous system stress - because hormone health reflects the body’s internal environment.

05/13/2026

Gut health is mental health.
Mood is not just emotional. It is biological.

The gut and brain are constantly communicating through the gut-brain axis, involving the vagus nerve, microbiome, immune signaling, inflammatory pathways, microbial metabolites, stress hormones, and neurotransmitter-related activity.

When the gut is inflamed, irritated, or imbalanced, the brain can feel it.

A disrupted microbiome can affect inflammatory signaling. Blood sugar swings can drive irritability, anxiety, cravings, and energy crashes. Poor digestion can impact absorption and brain chemistry. Chronic stress can keep the nervous system reactive.

Gut health reaches far beyond digestion.

It can influence how clearly you think.
 How calmly you respond. How well you sleep. How steady your mood feels. How resilient your nervous system feels under stress.

At Castro Integrative Medicine, we do not separate the brain from the body.

We look at the gut, inflammation, hormones, blood sugar, immune function, toxic burden, mitochondria, and nervous system stress - because the brain reflects the body’s internal environment.

05/11/2026

Healing from chronic illness is not always about doing more.

Sometimes the body needs the right environment again.

Light. Safety. Rest.

Morning light helps tell the brain and body that daytime has started. It supports cortisol rhythm, mood, metabolism, blood sugar regulation, immune timing, and melatonin production later that night.

The body needs contrast: bright mornings and darker nights. Dimmer rooms, quieter evenings, and reducing blue light from screens earlier in the night help support sleep, inflammation control, immune regulation, and overnight repair.

Safety matters too. A body that feels under threat prioritizes protection over healing.

Many people with chronic illness live in a cycle of scanning symptoms, waiting for the next crash, pushing through, researching constantly, and feeling like their body cannot settle.

But the body can learn a new
pattern.

When a symptom shows up, pause before panic. Notice what is happening. Remind your body: "I am not in danger."

Rest is part of the healing process. It gives the body space to shift out of constant output and into repair.
Eating dinner close to sundown when possible also supports overnight repair. If dinner has to be later, keep anything after that as early and light as possible.

At Castro Integrative Medicine, we look at chronic illness through a whole-body lens - circadian rhythm, nervous system stress, metabolism, mitochondria, inflammation, immune balance, hormones, gut health, and repair pathways.

The goal is not to force the body into healing - it is to give the body what it needs to remember how to heal.

05/09/2026

Vitamin C is more than an immune vitamin.
It fights chronic disease at the cellular level.

Chronic disease is often fueled by deeper biological patterns: oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, immune dysregulation, toxic burden, chronic infections, poor tissue repair, and a body that is struggling to keep up with the demand for repair.

These patterns do not stay isolated.

They affect how cells produce energy, communicate, detoxify, regulate inflammation, respond to immune threats, and recover from damage.

This is why Vitamin C matters.

Vitamin C is one of the body’s most important nutrients for cellular defense.

It supports antioxidant protection, immune cell function, collagen production, tissue repair, adrenal function, inflammatory balance, and the body’s response to oxidative stress.

But delivery matters.

Oral vitamin C is helpful, but absorption is limited by the digestive system. High-dose Vitamin C IV bypasses the gut and reaches blood concentrations that oral vitamin C cannot.

At higher IV levels, Vitamin C becomes a more powerful cellular tool.

It supports redox balance, immune signaling, oxidative stress regulation, mitochondrial resilience, tissue repair, and the body’s ability to respond to chronic inflammatory burden.

This is why Vitamin C IV is used in integrative medicine for chronic illness patterns, immune stress, fatigue, inflammation, chronic infections, and cancer-supportive care.

At Castro Integrative Medicine, we do not look at chronic disease as a list of disconnected symptoms.

We look at the terrain underneath it.

What is driving inflammation? What is weakening immune function? What is increasing oxidative stress? What is impairing mitochondrial function? What is blocking repair? What does the body need to function better?

High-dose Vitamin C IV is one way we support the body at the level where chronic disease begins - inside the cell.

05/06/2026

Your body is always asking one question: Am I safe?

When life is filled with rushing, scrolling, noise, stress, poor sleep, and constant stimulation, the nervous system can stay on high alert.

But the body also responds to safety signals.

Sunlight. Walking. Prayer. Gratitude. Laughter. Kindness. Helping others. Slow breathing. Water. Quiet. Connection. Pets.

These small daily inputs can help regulate cortisol rhythm, activate the parasympathetic nervous system, support vagal tone, improve digestion, promote deeper sleep, reduce inflammatory signaling, and create a better internal environment for repair.

You don't have to change everything at once. Start by giving your body one clear signal of safety today. 🩵

05/05/2026

Lyme disease is not always a simple infection story. For many people, the tick bite is only the beginning.

Lyme enters a body that may already be carrying mold toxins, heavy metals, pesticides, gut imbalance, parasites, yeast, chronic stress, immune dysfunction, or co-infections.

When that total burden is high, the immune system can become overwhelmed.

Instead of fully resolving, the body can stay trapped in inflammation, fatigue, pain, brain fog, neurological symptoms, and immune reactivity.

This is why chronic Lyme requires looking at the whole terrain.

What is weakening the immune system?
 What is blocking detoxification?
 What is disrupting the gut?
 What is keeping the nervous system inflamed?
 What is preventing the body from recovering?

At CIMC, we take a whole-body approach to Lyme and co-infections.

Low Dose Immunotherapy, or LDI, is one tool we use to help retrain the immune response so the body is not constantly overreacting to Lyme-related triggers.

Because lasting healing requires more than chasing symptoms. It requires asking why the body is still stuck.

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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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