Fiber has no calories?

So I was looking online and it says that Fiber passes through our body without providing nutrients or calories to our bodies. I was wondering then if the food labels still count fiber as a source of calories or if they don't include it in the equation. Like for example, the label on a box of grape nuts says 1/2 cup grape nuts =200 calories, but there are 7 grams of fiber. Does that mean that your body is actually only geting 172 calories per 1/2 cup or do they not include the fiber in the count?

No, the fiber is not counted toward calories. It is only there to tell you if a food is healthy or not! The calories tell you the amount of energy that you will get from the food. 200 calories means that you will have about a half hour of energy from that food! The fiber means that you will poop it out much easier and it will take some bad cholesterol with it on the way out!

Eat oatmeal !

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