I was pondering the effects of fiber on the human body the other day, and considering the minimum recommended daily allowance for fiber. If I remember correctly it is something like 25 grams daily.

Then I started thinking about the fact that the body does not really gain any nutritional value from fiber. Doing a little math I determined that 25 grams of fiber is actually, in a sense, robbing the body of more than 75 to 100 calories a day (depending on who's calorie per gram conversion you're using).

So, if one is taking in 25 grams of fiber a day, should they theoretically increase their intake by that amount to make up for the "missing calories"? Or is 75 to 100 calories a day just splitting hairs?

The difference is negligible. Besides, some labels subtract fiber grams from the calories and others do not. It all evens out in the end.