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Is citron a slimming fruit on the market?
Citron is different from slimming fruit.

Citron (Citrus Medical L.L.), also known as citrus, belongs to the subgenus Citrus of Rutaceae. Citron is a general term for plant citron and medicinal citron. Citron is a small evergreen tree or shrub of Rutaceae, which is born in a high temperature and humid environment with an altitude of 350 meters to 1750 meters. There are semi-wild citrons in the broad-leaved forest in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. Citron is the ripe fruit of Citron and Xiangyuan (citrus wilsonii Tanaka). Location: Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Harvest the fruit when it is ripe in autumn. Slice when fresh, remove seeds and pulp, and dry in the sun or at low temperature. Has the effects of regulating qi, relieving flatulence and resolving phlegm. In addition, it can be used as rootstock, but it can only be grafted with bergamot, which is strictly incompatible with other varieties.

Achene, also known as slimming fruit, slimming fruit, scientific name Garcia pedunculataroxb, English name, native to Vietnam. Has effects in reducing weight, invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, relaxing bowels, relieving sore throat, relieving swelling, supplementing nutrition, and preventing and treating cancer. Especially suitable for drinking in summer, generally 2-4 grams each time, brewed with boiling water and a little honeysuckle and chrysanthemum, the effect is better. Bitter, you can put some stevia leaves to make the taste better.

The main components of slimming fruit are carbohydrate, protein, fat, crude fiber, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, hydroxycitric acid (HCA) and so on. HCA can inhibit the formation of fat, thus achieving the effect of losing weight.