根據刊登在英國營養學雜誌(British Journal of Nutrition, Volume 102, Pages 1161-1170, “The effects of a low-sodium base-producing diet including red meat compared with a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet on bone turnover markers in women aged 45-75 years”)的研究結果,中年婦女患有初期高血壓食用低鈉鹽飲食,比一般人食用高碳水化合物低脂肪飲食,其尿中鈣排泄量減少。