If you constantly live under the fear of migraines you know how important it is to stay away from certain dietary triggers. Cheese chocolates tomatoes citrus fruits red wine spicy and greasy foods etc. are all off limits because they contain certain ingredients which could trigger migrainous episodes. These ingredients could be an additive preservative or a naturally-occurring chemical. But they all tend to influence migraine in one way or the other. 1 Tyramine Tyramine is a naturally-occurring trace amine present in a variety of foods such as aged cheese avocados sauerkraut kimchi beans eggplants raspberries peanuts dried or smoked