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Gastric Sleeve is a procedure in which a large portion of the stomach (approximately 80%) is removed and a part whichcontains around 100-150ml of food is left. As the name suggests, during the surgery the stomach is shaped into a sleeve. Initially, it was believed that the restriction, i.e. a mechanical limitation of the amount of consumed food, isprimarily responsible for the result of the surgery. Now we know that the procedure has a very strong metabolic effect. The removed part of the stomach is the main source of the hormone responsible for the feeling of hunger (ghrelin), therefore, the treated patients do not feel hunger at all or do not feel it so strongly.It does not apply to the period preceding the menstruation when female hormones stimulate appetite regardless of ghrelin production.