or do i just crap them out?-- so they are not a part of my daily intake

sorry if this is a dumb question.

I don't know if fibre itself has calories, but it is a carb, so maybe. But really, it doesnt matter because nothing is solely fibre and nothing else. All you need to worry about is the total caloric content- a calorie is a calorie is a calorie- whether you have too much or too little of whatever kind.

or do i just crap them out?-- so they are not a part of my daily intake

sorry if this is a dumb question.

There is no reason to not count ALL the calories you consume, if you are counting calories. While its true that fiber is nearly indigestable, and that consuming fiber may actually reduce the amount of calories absorbed by your body, it is difficult to know if a nutritional data label has already accounted for that (believe it or not).

There is much flexibility in the guidelines of nutritional data labels, for example, if you were to add the calories from the carb, protein, and fat components of a food, it likely will not add up to the calories listed on the label. Also, sometimes fiber is included in the carb and calorie data and sometimes its not. Personally, I don't use the calories listed on a label - I use the carb, protein, and fat components to calculate, whenever possible. But then again, I care less about calories and more about ratios.

You could really make yourself nuts with this stuff - for consistancy, if your counting calories, I recommend counting ALL calories you consume.

ducttape,

No, there's no need to count the calories attributable to the fiber you eat. By definition it's the carbohydrates that AREN'T absorbed.

Here's the problem,
A couple yars ago all nutirition lists simply counted total grams of carbs x 4 as the caloric contribution. Thus you could safely subtract the fiber part from the calories. I noticed that lately the fiber calories in many products are ALREADY removed from the calorie count...thus you can't remove them AGAIN.
You really have to go through the whole works (fat x 9; protein x 4; carbs x 4) and see whether or not you can subtract the fiber calories for a particular food.