This invention discloses the endothermic reaction that D-ribose undergoes with one or more molecules forming new molecules involving the ribose radical, two such endothermic reactions having been identified as being 1) one mol of D-ribose reacting with one mol of water, resulting in a monohydrate and 2) one mol of ribose reacting with one mol of NaPCA, and finally a mixture of ribose monohydrate and nutrients, herbs, and/or drugs that result in stable edible mixtures of such for consumption.