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Plant Based Academy

Plant Based Academy is a world-renowned university specialising in Lifestyle Medicine, Nutritional Bio-Psychiatry & Plant-Based Culinary Science. We integrate cutting-edge research, evidence-based practice, and advanced culinary innovation to train the next generation of leaders in plant-based health and education.

Our curriculum spans plant-based nutritional science, culinary medicine, lifestyle medicine, psychophysiology, and regenerative agricultural practice, offering a rigorous and holistic approach to human health and planetary wellbeing. We are dedicated to promoting sustainable, long-term veganism through scientific literacy, clinical knowledge, and practical culinary mastery. Our mission is to empower individuals and professionals with the skills and understanding needed to adopt and advocate for a plant-based lifestyle that is ethical, psychologically informed, biologically sound, and ecologically regenerative. At Plant Based Academy, we believe that—with the right education and support—a plant-based lifestyle is not only aligned with compassion for animals and care for the planet, but also one of the most powerful frameworks for lifelong health, disease prevention, metabolic balance, emotional wellbeing, and longevity.

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FACULTY

Meet our Teachers

Mairead Lucy

Judith Mathes

Paula Nunes

Gregory Xavier

Karla Russell

Anastasia

Darren Maguire

Shane Flynn

OUR UNIVERSITY

Comprehensive Education

Plant Based Academy delivers one of the world’s most advanced and comprehensive professional plant-based curricula, offering exceptional value for future health practitioners, chefs, clinicians, and lifestyle medicine educators. Our interdisciplinary program integrates Lifestyle Medicine, Nutritional Bio-Psychiatry & Plant-Based Culinary Science, combining evidence-based nutritional science with applied culinary medicine and psychophysiological wellbeing. Students engage in specialised modules including advanced fermentation science, herbal pharmacology, medicinal mushrooms, cacao biochemistry, molecular gastronomy, and plant-based dermatological formulation. Each module is designed to provide a deep foundation in both scientific theory and sophisticated culinary practice. Every course is structured to develop practical expertise, clinical understanding, and transformative personal experience, enabling graduates to confidently apply plant-based principles across healthcare, wellness, education, and professional culinary contexts. Our ethos remains 100% organic, 100% sugar-free, and fully aligned with regenerative, ethical and sustainable principles, reflecting our unwavering commitment to integrity, planetary health, and lifelong human wellbeing.

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What Students Say

Lorena Gaudenzi

Plant Based Chef in France

Such an amazing experience and accomplishment, Darren is patient and talented, such a pleasure to learn with the plant-based academy. I successfully passed my diploma but also I learned a lot.

Harold Craston

Plant Based Coach

An immersive, inspiring learning experience led by Darren, an attentive, authentic and knowledgeable teacher. Highly recommend to anyone who believes in the power of food to be medicinal! Following the confidence, inspiration and knowledge gained from Darren’s course, I transformed my approach to diet, reaped many benefits and started a lifestyle medicine blog, gained 2000 followers in less than a year and now coach aspiring plant based athletes.

Kirstin Rose

Vegan Yoga Coach

It felt truly wonderful to feel the course come alive through Darren’s inherent passion in the subject of lifestyle medicine and plant food. As well as enjoying the pleasure of discovering and diving into new topics, my current knowledge also felt like it was elevated. What also felt of benefit was feeling the shining example of authenticity role modelled, to which Darren seems to be immersed in, as well as holding himself and the course accountable to.

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