Ascorbic is not a correct name of a compound. Should be 'ascorbic acid' or Vitamin C. Such sloppiness cast doubt on accuracy of the whole review.
He probably just wanted to save space within the table.
It kind of gross to call ascorbic acid like that, as someone who studied chemistry I'm revolted.
Many of the studies he refers to are old. There was a widely held belief in the early 1980's promoted by Linus Pauling that Vit C cured cancer.
Source?
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Josh-Mitteldorf
> Look at how he talks about the "10-20% flexibility". Hypothesis assumed true, no supporting evidence.
He started that part with "Here’s my perspective:", so for me it sounded more like his personal opinion/hypothesis, not a scientific consensus (and that hypothesis wasn't the topic of the article, so it's not strange for me that he gave no evidence for it there).