A recent study suggests that inhaling sugar can be a way to treat lung infections because sugar stimulates white blood cells.
Scientists have found the result when verifying that white blood cells work with sugar and that it stimulates their action. White blood cells also fight harmful organisms in the immune system.
Macrophages in the lungs need the right level of glucose to function properly, so stimulating cells with higher amounts of sugar may help the immune system fight bronchial infections that are responsible for coughs and pneumonia.