The strength of bones depends on a number of factors such as adequate vitamin D blood levels, weight bearing exercises, reducing stress [which reduces cortisol levels] and a healthy diet such as consuming adequate levels of legumes and calcium foods. A number of trials found diets high in isoflavones – also known as plant estrogens or phytoestrogens – such as those found in legumes when consumed by women around menopause time can help reduce bone loss and hence, prevention of osteoporosis.
Max Norman Tandrup Lambert, Lin Meng Hu, and Per Bendix Jeppesen. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of isoflavone formulations against estrogen-deficient bone resorption in peri- and postmenopausal women Am J Clin Nutr September 2017
vol. 106 no. 3 801-811 http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/106/3/801.abstract?etoc
