Eating vegetables before sweets and combining fiber with starch is a great way to slow down the absorption of consumed sugars. Remember that fruits and vegetables are fibrous dense/negative calories that contain pectin and fiber. Most people eat more fruit and vegetables to get more fiber into their diet. More fiber means better digestion and better lipid transport along with toxin removal. Soluble (digestible) fiber is responsible for slowing down absorption of other chemicals such as salts and sugars. I have also attached a negative calorie food list below that can help you make healthy food selections.

NOTE: Unlike most of the time throughout the day, there is a time to benefit from high starch foods. At post workout intervals, high starch foods combined with whey protein (within 30 minutes after a workout) would be best. These high starch foods will in fact create an insulin spike, but at post workout that is an added advantage; rapid absorption of protein along with fast digesting simple carbohydrates.