Abstract: The invention relates to the use of phytate or any of the salts thereof for preventing the formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGE), toxic products that are produced in pathologies such as diabetes, either alone or combined with B6 vitamins such as pyridoxamine and forming part of a medicament or a pharmaceutical composition produced so as to be administered via oral, rectal, subcutaneous, intra-arterial, intramuscular, intraspinal, intracranial, intravenous or inhalation routes.