Perhaps, but that doesn't explain high titers for people who do not have heavy metal issues. Plus EBV is very real entity in and of itself. It is a virus that never leaves your body and can flare up at any time. As I said, there are people out there who have no other health problems out there other than EBV and yet they are symptomatic. Also every doctor and/or ND who has found the high EBV values in my labwork has told me that this was something you do not want to ignore. This is not like fibromyalgia, which is some non-specific entity, which is basically a pain syndrome with a generic name slapped on it. This is an actual virus, a living thing inside your body, when active. If you choose to ignore or think it unimportant, that is certainly your choice, but I think you are fooling yourself.