Argentina’s President Claims Pork Is Better for Sex Than Viagra

Apparently pork is more than just “the other white meat,” and is now a sexual stimulant. At least, according to Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez. The news, which may not be welcome to Viagra, I’m sure garnered lots of applause from leaders of the pig farming industry whom she was addressing.

And her qualifications on the subject? Reuters reported:

Argentina’s president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork.

I’m not sure if that’s just inappropriate or grossly misleading, but I don’t eat pork, so maybe I’m missing something. Or it just may be a government plot to oust King Beef. Here’s Reuters again:

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.

Maybe Fernandez shouldn’t be getting into bed with any part of the meat industry, though. I’m not sure if Argentina is as enamored of factory farms as we are, but in the U.S., the vast majority of our meat comes from a system that is wreaking environmental havoc. As E Magazine reported:

More than a third of all raw materials and fossil fuels consumed in the U.S. are used in animal production. Beef production alone uses more water than is consumed in growing the nation’s entire fruit and vegetable crop. Producing a single hamburger patty uses enough fuel to drive 20 miles and causes the loss of five times its weight in topsoil. In his book The Food Revolution, author John Robbins estimates that “you’d save more water by not eating a pound of California beef than you would by not showering for an entire year.” Because of deforestation to create grazing land, each vegetarian saves an acre of trees per year.

Now, that’s not very sexy at all.