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The gastric sleeve procedure is a surgical solution to overcome the problems of excess weight and treat obesity, which is abundant in our modern age. Gastric sleeve surgery is a bariatric surgical procedure that involves reducing the size of the stomach to limit the amount of food you can eat, helping you shed extra pounds.
This restrictive procedure works by permanently removing a large portion of your stomach that can only hold a small amount of food and also involves removing the part responsible for secreting the hunger-stimulating hormone ghrelin to reduce appetite. After the surgery, you will feel full after eating much less food and less hungry between meals.
The number one reason why people go through gastric sleeve surgery is to jumpstart weight loss. In gastric sleeve surgery, this is achieved by removing close to 80% of the stomach.
Not only does the surgery make your stomach smaller in order to decrease food intake, but it also has an effect on gastric hormones. This would include the hormone that regulates hunger, called ghrelin.
Changes to the stomach affecting the hunger hormone can further contribute to weight loss efforts.
