Eating pork is at least as effective as popping a Viagra pill to spice
up your sex life, according to Argentine President Cristina Kirchner,
who claims to have tested the theory. "Pork consumption improves
sexual activity," Kirchner informed a surprised gathering of business
people at a meeting at the presidential palace. "This is not a small
detail," she said at the gathering to announce a reduction in the
price of pork. "Besides, some nicely grilled pork is much more
gratifying than taking Viagra." Kirchner said she ate some roasted
pork over the weekend with her husband, former president Nestor
Kirchner, at the couple's retreat in Argentina's bucolic southern
Patagonia region, with "impressive" results. "We were in high spirits
the whole weekend," she said, smiling. "I'm a pork fanatic," she
added, "and I'm not saying this just to impress you, or for
self-promotion." The head of the association of pork producers, Juan
Uccelli, on Thursday backed up Kirchner's claims. He said that people
in Denmark and Japan, where pork consumption is high, "have much more
harmonious sexual lives than us Argentines have." Argentines however
are the world's most voracious beef eaters, with an annual per capita
consumption of between 68 and 73 kilos. President Kirchner has been
the target of fierce criticism lately for seeking to remove the head
of the Central Bank, Martin Redrado.