The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez has suggested that instead of using Viagra, men simply eat pork.  She claims that pork has the same effects on a man’s virility.

Story from AP (Courtesy of Yahoo! News):

“I’ve just been told something I didn’t know; that eating pork improves your sex life … I’d say it’s a lot nicer to eat a bit of grilled pork than take Viagra,” President Cristina Fernandez said to leaders of the pig farming industry.

She said she recently ate pork and “things went very well that weekend, so it could well be true.”

Argentines are the world’s biggest per capita consumers of beef, but the government has sought to promote pork as an alternative in recent years due to rising steak prices and as a way to diversify the meat industry.

“Trying it doesn’t cost anything, so let’s give it a go,” Fernandez said in the televised speech.

Don't Get Too Excited, Ladies...

Cristina Fernandez is not the first politician to butter up a particular group when vying for their support, as its long been a tradition for candidates and incumbents alike to wax poetic about the value of unions, while conveniently enough at a union-endorsed manufacturing site, or the value of farming while conveniently sitting on a tractor in front of hundreds of adoring farmers, and so on, but I’ve gotta hand it to Mrs. Fernandez.  She really took this tradition to a new level.

Out of curiosity I Googled “Is Pork Good for your Sex Life” expecting there to be at least one claim from a renowned scientist, “sexpert,” or therapist.  Apparently the only and first person to have made this claim is Mrs. Hernandez, as all of the first page’s results were related to her comments.  The second page was more of the same, except one Men’s Health article said pork rinds were good for your sex life because they are low in fat and will make you look leaner.  Well that’s a start.

I hope to God Argentina holds their ground on this claim.  And I’m praying that they hire testers to prove their theory by continually eating pork and having sex.  If so, I’m quitting my job and booking the first flight possible to Argentina.